Category: METROFOOD

  • METROFOOD.BE at IMEKOFOODS 2025

    METROFOOD.BE was represented at the IMEKOFOODS 2025 conference, where Joris van Loco presented โ€œStrengthening Belgium’s role in European food quality and safety: The METROFOOD.BE initiative.โ€ The presentation introduced the METROFOOD-BE initiative and highlighted how Belgium, through its research infrastructure, is contributing to food safety, circular economy, and sustainable packaging solutions. Our two Belgian use cases,…

  • Help us improve Sciensanoโ€™s services – Fill in our survey

    Sciensano, leading the METROFOOD-FED.BE project, is committed to strengthening food safety and public health in Belgium and across Europe. To ensure our research and services continue to meet the evolving needs of stakeholders, we invite you to participate in a brief survey. This survey focuses on our work in ๐Ÿญ) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ and ๐Ÿฎ)…

  • 8th IMEKOFOODS Symposium on Food Science

    The 8th IMEKOFOODS Symposium, organised by our Slovenian METROFOOD partners will be held from 22โ€“24 September 2025 at the Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This distinguished event offers an excellent platform for industry professionals and researchers to explore the latest developments in food safety, traceability, and sustainability. Event highlights: Key dates to remember: Registration…

  • Final Consortium Assembly METROFOOD-EPI in Rome, Italy

    The METROFOOD-EPI project successfully concluded its activities with a Final Consortium Assembly on December 12 and an Open Event held on December 13, in Rome, Italy. The Open Event, titled “Empowering Services to Tackle Agrifood Challenges: The Way We Cultivate Tomorrow’s Solutions” focused on the pivotal role of Research Infrastructures in supporting the agrifood sector’s…

  • METROFOOD-RI at the United Nation Science Summit UNGA79

    For those who missed it, you can find the full video of the session organized by METROFOOD-RI during the Science Summit 2024 (UNGA79), held on September 25th in New York, at this link: https://lnkd.in/eK7aWCy5 This event highlighted the crucial role of Research Infrastructures in addressing the most pressing challenges of the agrifood system: foodquality and…

  • ๐Ÿ” Join Our Survey! ๐Ÿ”

    METROFOOD-RI โ€“ Infrastructure for promoting metrology in food and nutrition โ€“ is a new distributed Research Infrastructure dedicated to advancing scientific excellence in food quality and safety. We provide high-quality metrology services across the entire food value chain, including areas such as agrifood, sustainable development, food safety, quality, traceability, authenticity, environmental safety, and human health.…

  • METROFOOD-RI will be participating in the upcoming Science Summit during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79)

    This prestigious hybrid event will be held both online and in-person in New York City, featuring a comprehensive program with 400 sessions, 1800 speakers, and 12,000 participants. The 2024 Science Summit will spotlight the pivotal role of science and innovation in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). METROFOOD-RI is thrilled to contribute…

  • METROFOOD-EPI: What was decided at the Thessaloniki Interim Meeting

    The interim meeting of the METROFOOD-EPI (Early Phase Implementation) project was held on June 26 and 27, 2024, in Thessaloniki, Greece. The event was hosted in one of the conference rooms at the Research Dissemination Center of the Aristotle University (KEDEA), part of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. This was an important occasion where project…

  • METROFOOD.BE Call for Access is now open

    METROFOOD.BE is excited to announce the launch of two new open calls within the METROFOOD Research Infrastructure project. These open calls are designed to enhance food quality and safety by providing subsidized access to advanced metrology services. Projects that are well aligned with the aims of METROFOOD-RI and meet technical, scientific and ethical requirements will…

  • METROFOOD-EPI โ€“ Webinars

    Invitation to METROFOOD-EPI Webinars METROFOOD partners are excited to invite you to the METROFOOD-EPI webinars, featuring a diverse range of topics within the realm of food safety, microbiology, nutrition, and more. Please find the details of the upcoming webinars below: Date Time (CEST) Topic Presentation title Speaker 20 May 13:00-14:00 In-Vitro diagnostic technologies Emerging Molecular…