NUBiP of Ukraine participated in the FOODSAFETY4EU project (H2020-FNR-08-2020)

    A meeting for partners of the project FOODSAFETY4EU - MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PLATFORM FOR FOOD SAFETY IN EUROPE (Grant agreement ID: 101000613; https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101000613 (H2020-FNR-08 -2020)) was held on January 29, 2021. Ukraine was represented by the Ukrainian Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products of NUBiP of Ukraine and the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection.

    The main purpose of the event was to provide information on food safety - a top priority for the European Commission. The aim of FOODSAFETY4EU is to ensure a high level of protection of human health through food safety. The platform will enable the food safety system actors to access efficiently resources and data, synchronize food safety research strategies, share and exchange scientific knowledge and contributions for the future EU FSS. The platform will boost interactive cooperation between food safety system actors including stakeholders and with the civil society. In addition, a European Food Safety Forum will be set up to officially consolidate the participatory process and guarantee the long-term science-policy-society interface. New digital tools, co-designed strategies and communication models will support Food Safety Authorities (FSAs), EU Agencies, policy makers, scientists and civil society in a coordinate approach, thus contributing to strengthen the EU approach to risk assessment and risk communication (https://padlet.com/login13/FoodSafety4EUnetworks).

    NUBiP of Ukraine was represented by Valeriy Ushkalov and Liliia Vyhovska (Ukrainian Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products ) and Liliia Kalachnyuk (Academician Maksym Hulyy Department of Biochemistry and Animal Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine).

Olexander Labenko,
Head of ERC for International Activity