Contact
P.O.Box 360, 3700 AJ Zeits, The Netherlands Tel + 31 30 6944943 Fax +31 30 6944901 E-mail: notermans@voeding.tno.nl Website: http://www.voeding.tno.nl
Role and Contribution
Workplan
WP1
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Evaluation of existing models
Collecting growth data, etc.
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WP2
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Collecting data and development of database of prevalence and concentration of important pathogenic organisms and spoilage organisms on meat products in Europe. Collecting data and development database on meat storage conditions in Europe Database on European consumption patters Assess risk of meat products at the time of consumption using a probabilistic approach based on microbial prevalence and concentration, meat chill chain conditions and validated predictive models from predictive software and WP1 and dose-response from state of art epidimiological data Establishing of an internet site
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WP5
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Application research on SMAS.
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WP6
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Collecting data consumers attitudes Inquiring industrial acceptance of the TTI
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Research Personnel
Qualifications
TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute operates internationally in the areas
of research covering all aspects of food production. Emphasis is placed on biotechnology,
quality control, analysis and safety assessment of food products and additives
and ingredients used in their production. In the project especially the department
of Risk Management and Microbiology (RMM) is involved. RMM works in the field
of applied microbiological research for the benefit microbiological quality
and safety of (food) products as well as for the development of new and improved
products and processes involving micro-organisms and their metabolites. Primary
fields of activities are (i) prevention and control of pathogens, (ii) hygienic
design, (iii) food preservation, (iv) risk analysis, (v) modelling and validation.
Dr. Notermans was ducated at the Agriculture University Wageningen in food
technology and microbiology. Twenty years research experiences in food microbiology
at the National Institute of Public Health and 5 years experiences in applied
food safety at TNO Nutrition and Food Research. Dr. Notermans is involved in
many (microbial) risk assessment projects mostly as project leader and was among
others member of the working group microbiology of the Scientific Committee
of Food of the EU.
Selected References
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