FFoQSI: Authenticity and Quality
Abstract
This project aims at the development of advanced analytical methods as well as data evaluation and visualization tools for assessment of food authenticity and quality. The unique expertise, equipment and interdisciplinary available at BOKU Vienna and the excellent integration of the involved research groups within FFoQSI are the basis of this challenging research project. It is evident that keywords as authenticity, geographical origin, provenance, regionality, adulteration and quality are the drivers of our research study – the importance of these key questions is underlined by the increasing number of national reference centers in the EU member countries. Only recently, the Germany Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture has decided to found the National Reference Centre for Authentic Food in Karlsruhe. Within our project, we will use well established methods on the one hand - e.g. strontium isotope amount ratio or light isotope ratio analysis for assessment of geographic origin, but extend the analytical portfolio on the other hand (e.g. via mass spectrometric fingerprinting or spectral analysis, including hyperspectral imaging) in order to get more insight into potential factors for regional differentiation of food composition, food adulteration, and the impact of production processes. Especially the combination of these advanced methods is expected to provide a higher sensitivity, selectivity and accuracy enabling a significant improvement of the trackability of food commodities to specific production sites.
keywords food authenticity food quality spectral sensing isotope ratio analysis molecular mass spectrometry
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Project staff
Stephan Hann
Univ.Prof. Dr. Stephan Hann
stephan.hann@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-77001, 77191
Project Leader
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024
Elisabeth Fischer
Mag. Dr. Elisabeth Fischer
lisa.fischer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-77193
Project Staff
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2024
Zora Jandric
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Zora Jandric
zora.jandric@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-99391
Project Staff
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024
Bernadette Moser
Bernadette Moser B.Sc. MSc.
bernadette.moser@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024
Teresa Steininger-Mairinger
Ass.Prof. Dr.nat.techn. Teresa Steininger-Mairinger MMSc.
teresa.mairinger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-77186
Project Staff
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024
Andreas Zitek
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Andreas Zitek MSc.
andreas.zitek@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-31212
Project Staff
01.01.2021 - 31.12.2024