Contact
5 Iroon Polytechniou, 15780, Athens, Greece Tel. +30 210 7723171 Fax. +30 210 7723163 E-mail: taoukis@chemeng.ntua.gr WebSite : http://www.chemeng.ntua.gr
Role and Contribution
Participant 1 is the General Manager of the whole project and will lead
WP3 and WP4. Participant 1contributes to the following main objectives of the
project:
- Modelling the effect of food structure, microbial interactions and dynamic
storage conditions on meat pathogens and spoilage bacteria.
- Combination of validated pathogen growth models with data on prevalence/concentration,
dose response and chill chain conditions for risk assessment with and without
SMAS application.
- Development, modelling and optimization of TTI with accuracy to monitor
microbiological safety of meat products.
- Development of SMAS into a user-friendly computer software.
- Evaluation of the applicability and effectiveness of SMAS in real conditions
of meat distribution. Assessment of the industry acceptance of the TTI and
the concept of chill chain management.
- Evaluation of European consumer attitude on use of TTI and correlation to
quality.
Workplan
Role of Subcontractor
Vitsab Sweden AB, Stenyxegatan 21, SE-213 76 Malmoe, Sweden. Principal scientist: Dr. Peter Ronnow, Ph: +46 40 215020, e-mail: peter.ronnow@vitsab.se
The subcontractor will contribute to the following: Develop standard and non-standard TTI formulations for the project. Identify new lipids as substrate for the enzyme reaction to test applicability to the meat safety aspects of the project and to establish their energy of activation (WP3). Co-develop with P1 a new TTI design based on a solid support immobilizing the lipid substrate which will be more easily read by photoelectrical sensors in an automatic registration system of the TTI kinetics. Provide the studied TTI to the other participants in the project for applications of WP5 and WP6.
Research Personnel
Qualifications
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is the oldest and largest Technical University in Greece. The Research Committee of NTUA administers over 500 research projects, representing a budget of 15 million EURO per year. The Dept. of Chemical Engineering (DCE) has 900 students and over 100 permanent scientific personnel. The Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology (LFCT) belongs to the Division of Process and Product Development of DCE and is staffed by 4 Professors (1 Emeritus and 3 Assistant), 9 Ph.D graduate students and 20 Diploma research thesis students. Research in LFCT is in the areas of kinetic modelling of food deterioration and the contributing parameters during and post processing, physicochemical analyses of food components, lipid and protein technology, food quality and safety assurance and sensory evaluation. LFCT participates in European/ national research and training projects and concerted actions with food industry in know how and product development.
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