Concerns about our food and its safety are growing worldwide in all sectors of
the population.
Water is a basic ingredient in foods, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, and its control can be critical to guarantee microbial safety during shelf-life and consumption, or for optimising a production process.
The common challenge for all assays is to address the whole method, from sample enrichment through to assay detection and confirmation of the final result.
EEU’s Alice Sharp spoke with David Byrne about the key challenges involved in achieving the EU’s food safety mission in a growing Europe.
by Philippe Busquin, EU Commissioner for Research.