Food safety

Chemicals and microbes may endanger food safety and/or quality, cause foodborne diseases or compromise the nutritional quality of the diet. Service focus is on securing safety of both new technological innovations in food processing and storage and new plant-based raw materials. Biological and chemical data, condition surveys, process simulations, and other studies are used in risk assessment.

Services

Services are available by FOODNUTRI partners at different locations by University of Helsinki (UH), Finnish Food Authority (FFA), University of Turku (UTU), University of Eastern-Finland (UEF), VTT, and Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Contract work by service only.

Risk assessment: advanced modelling programs
Microbial safety and quality: RI for food pathogen, food spoilage, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research
Chemical safety: services related to risk assessment of food

Service provider	Location	More information
UH, Dept of Food hygiene and environmental health	Agnes Sjöberginkatu 2, Helsinki (Viikki)	https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-veterinary-medicine/diagnostic-services
UH, Dept of Food and Nutrition	Agnes Sjöberginkatu 2, Helsinki (Viikki)	UH Food Safety Facilities and Services
FFA	Mustialankatu, Helsinki (Viikki)	https://www.ruokavirasto.fi/teemat/foodnutri/
UTU, Functional Foods Forum	Itäinen pitkäkatu, Turku	https://sites.utu.fi/foodnutriutu/
UEF	Kuopio	https://uefconnect.uef.fi/en/group/foodnutri-climate-smart-food-and-nutrition-research-infrastructure/
VTT	Tekniikantie 21, Espoo	https://www.vttresearch.com/en/technology-infrastructures/food-technology
Luke	Jokioinen	https://www.luke.fi/en/services/service-directory?areas_of_expertise=Food&topics=&secondary_type=&programs