The European Union has the highest food standards in the world. Food safety is among the top priority policies of the European Commission. Consequently, the Commission has defined the "Food Quality and Safety" issue as a priority area in FP6. The Food Institute has been participating in various FP6 projects as a partner. The Institute has already gained a prestious status in European food research community through these partnerships and effective networking. Currently, its partnership is widely seeked by project groups that propose on Food Quality and Safety priority area.
For more information on the running FP6 projects of the Institute, please click on the acronym of the project below.

FERBEV-CRAFT: Improving the Processing of Four Fermented Beverages from Eastern European Countries

SAFOODNET-SSA: Food Safety and Hygiene Networking with new Eu Member States and Associated Candidate Countries

MONIQA: TOWARDS THE HARMONISATION OF ANALYTICAL METHODS REGARDING MONITORING THE HAZARDS FOR MONITORING FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY IN THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN

QualityLowInputFood : Improving quality and safety and reduction of cost in the European organic and "low input" food supply chains

HEATOX: Heat-generated food toxicants, identification, characterisation and risk minimisation

SAFEFOODERA : Food Safety - Forming a European Platform for Protecting Consumers Against Health Risks

FOODLINK : To Increase the Participation of EC member candidates to the FP6 projects with the help of Member Countires

MYCOGLOBE : Integration of Mycotoxins and Toxic Moulds in the Global System for Food safety

EUROFIR : EUROPEAN FOOD INFORMATION RESOURCE NETWORK

The Institute has been involved in other European and bilateral international projects. You can find information on these project on the Institute's web site in english.
The Institute is preparing for the 7th Framework Programme. It has joined the Technology Platform "Food for Life" and started activities to form a national platform. In this respect, a conference was organized in Istanbul which was attended by Turkey's major food sector representatives.

In his visit to Turkey in September 2006, the EU Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik toured the Food Institute and two more TUBITAK Institutes at its Gebze campus. He became impressed by the infrastructure and the Institute's involvement in Framework programmes. For pictures from this visit, please click on:
Potocnik's visit to MRC Food Institute.

The Institute will show interest in the following research areas in the Work Programme for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology. These areas of interest and the corresponding contact persons for partner search are given in: Topics of Interest List for FP7.
For further information on the Institute's FP projects and activities, you can contact the project managers on the project page or the FP6 Contact Persons below.

Dr. Hülya Ölmez Hulya.Olmez@mam.gov.tr

Dr. Mehlika Borçaklı Mehlika.Borcakli@mam.gov.tr

Last Updated: 16.01.2007