Food: Food safety
ILVO has many years of experience in the field of chemical and microbiological food safety. For the analysis of finished food products, raw materials, ingredients, (semi)manufactured products, residue...
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Aquaculture at sea
...ose at a time. The experiments resulted in a tasty quality mussel that is well filled and meets all food safety regulations. The yield is equivalent to that of mussels from hanging culture in the N...
Food: balanced and healthy
...le in practice (technically-functionally) for experiencing tasty food products?And what about food safety?And as if it wasn’t complex enough… how can we ensure that nutritionally adequate food can ...
Nutrition for target groups
...ed to salt, sugar and fat reduction in foodstuffs. This took into account important aspects such as food safety (salt reduction versus conservation). These and other success stories of the Food Pil...
Honey analyses
...ophilic fungi. This research should allow a better understanding of the bacteriological quality and food safety of honey. Also, based on the number of yeasts and moisture content, advice can be giv...
Impact of Bacillus cereus endospore evolution on food safety and stability
...lus cereus sensu lato as model organism of a Gram positive endospore former with high relevance for food safety, (2) thermal and radiation based stress conditions which occur frequently in food ind...
Understanding of multispecies biofilms in the food industry is indispensible to control biofilm related food safety and quality issues
Chemical food safety-related analyses
Analyses of microbiological food safety
...: Koen De Reu > See the complete list of analyses The analyses for microbiological food safety concern spoilage organisms, hygienic indicators, pathogenic and toxin-producing bacte...
Quick test for detection of bacterial contamination in food
Development of crop-based survey tools for plants pests of fruit trees in the EU
CSIC - AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, European Food Safety Agency (EFSA)
... EU in conformity with international standards and current EU regulation. FinancingEuropean Food Safety Agency (EFSA)
Development of methods for detection of infectious hepatitis E in pork meat products and optimization of processing practices to reduce infectivity
World Food Safety Day: 21 European Food Agencies discover in Belgium how artificial intelligence and robots can contribute to food safety
On June 7, not coincidentally World Food Safety Day, the directors of several European food agencies visited the Institute of Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research (ILVO). This group of "Heads...
21 European Food Safety Agencies Visit ILVO Food Pilot
ILVO department head takes up prestigious advisory role on One Health at World Health Organization
ILVO researcher and department head Lieve Herman is making her expertise on microbiology and food safety available to a temporary World Health Organization 'One Health' advisory group. By 2024, that g...
Detection and quantification of allergens in foods and minimum eliciting doses in food allergic individuals
...od, consensus protocols, database oral food challenge tests) were transferred to the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA). Further dissemination of the new analytical strategy and consensus protocols...
Wood fiber substrates as an alternative to peat for a future more sustainable technology-based horticulture industry
... pest and disease pressure, thereby reducing the need for pesticide and herbicide use and improving food safety.Research approachNew fully functional wood fiber-based growing media for prof...
Phytosanitary risks of newly introduced crops
...rtichoke. These are niches in a relatively new market, where there are few plant disease studies or food safety rules. The plant material (the seed, the nodules, the cuttings) that sometimes come f...
Mobile housing systems for laying hens and broiler chickens
... (combining free-range with plant/crop production), landscape management, environmental impact, and food safety (such as heavy metals and dioxins in eggs). Research approachIn the present p...
PFOS in honey
Many beekeepers are therefore concerned about the food safety of their honey. In order to be able to answer the question if honey coming from beekeepers near a PFOS-contaminated zone is safe for consu...
Dynamics of Hepatitis E infections in Begian pig farms
ILVO researcher Lieve Herman elected as president of the Scientific Committee of the FASFC
... vice president during that time. SciCom provides scientific advice to the FASFC with regard to food safety risks and their control. Such advice can be prepared at the request of the FASFC or o...
New robust detection method for allergens in food
DNA-based technique proves useful for detecting causes of spoilage in food. "Additional tool to guarantee and even extend shelf life of food."
Food and Health
...ect), the composition of end products, food in function of individual needs and safeguarding of food safety. In this way we enable our partners to bring a more diverse range of raw materials and fo...
Protein diversification
...ok at the potential with an open mind, taking into account taste preferences, cultural aspects, food safety and allergens. Not simply interchangeable Proteins from plant products and from...