Strengthening optimal food chain element transport by minimizing soil degradation recommendations for soil threats identification on different scales in the European union

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-338
Author(s):  
Gergely Tóth ◽  
Luca Montanarella ◽  
György Várallyay ◽  
Tibor Tóth ◽  
Nikola Filippi
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Soil Degradation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Chain Element ◽  
Element Transport

From the Farm to Fork

2013 ◽  
pp. 237-270
Author(s):  
Ana Vazquez Alejos ◽  
Iñigo Cuiñas ◽  
Isabel Expósito ◽  
Manuel García Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Privacy And Security ◽  
Wine Sector ◽  
Eu Directives ◽  
Privacy Risks ◽  
Assessment Questionnaire

In this chapter the authors present their information model implemented for one pilot developed in the “RFID from Farm to Fork” (F2F) project which looks for the extension of RFID technologies throughout the complete food chain. They describe the privacy assessment proposed by the European Union that allows the evaluation of the privacy and security impact for a RFID application under study. The main privacy risks have been identified and described by the related EU Directives concerning RFID technology. The authors describe the questionnaire elaborated by the EU to assess the privacy robustness level of a RFID application, and they showcase a real wine pilot deployed in Spain. In this chapter, the authors also examine the privacy risks in the middleware communication with both RFID reader and back-end system. The EPCIS has been the Open Source middleware solution adopted in the F2F project. For the F2F pilot deployed in the wine sector, the authors describe the privacy impact assessment questionnaire designed for this case. Finally, they discuss the threads on the RFID tags, the advantages provided by the WISP technology in this regard and its repercussion on the risk questionnaire.

Food Fraud in the EU

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Montanari ◽  
Cesare Varallo ◽  
Daniele Pisanello
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Consumer Confidence ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Significant Extent ◽  
Food Fraud ◽  
The Eu

By making the headlines in the major European newspapers in 2013, the horsemeat scandal impaired consumer confidence in the transparency of the European food chain to a significant extent. In spite of its negative economic impact on the European Union (EU) market, the scandal in question has stimulated an unprecedented reflection in the area of food fraud by the EU institutions, national authorities, other stakeholders as well as by members of academia and the legal profession in general.On an EU level, the European Commission swiftly responded to the scandal with the adoption of a wide-ranging action plan consisting of targeted policy, legislative and enforcement measures.

Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain in the European Union

2018 ◽  
pp. 115-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diego Florez-Cuadrado ◽  
Miguel A. Moreno ◽  
María Ugarte-Ruíz ◽  
Lucas Domínguez
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
The European Union

An Overview of Salmonella Biofilms and the Use of Bacteriocins and Bacteriophages as New Control Alternatives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Lamas ◽  
Patricia Regal ◽  
Laura Sanjulián ◽  
Aroa López-Santamarina ◽  
Carlos Manuel Franco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Poultry Products ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
The World ◽  
Contaminated Food ◽  
Cleaning And Disinfection ◽  
The Eu

Salmonella is a major food-borne pathogen around the world. In the European Union (EU), this pathogen is responsible of more than 90,000 human cases of salmonellosis every year. Salmonellosis in normally linked to the consumption of contaminated food, especially poultry products as meat, eggs and the products elaborated with them. Several control measures have been implemented in the EU to reduce the prevalence of Salmonella in the food chain. However, the ability of Salmonella to form biofilm along the food chain difficult its eradication. Also, ineffective cleaning and disinfection measures favors biofilm formation. The widespread use of biocides along the food chain has led to the emergence of resistant Salmonella strains. Therefore, it is necessary to look for alternatives to biocides to eradicate Salmonella biofilms. In this chapter we evaluate the use of bacteriocins and bacteriophages and their derivatives as a new alternative to eliminate Salmonella biofilms along the food chain.

scholarly journals Soil compaction under the wheel of a sprayer

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 03027
Author(s):  
Nicoleta Ungureanu ◽  
Valentin Vlăduţ ◽  
Dan Cujbescu
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Soil Compaction ◽  
Soil Degradation ◽  
High Accuracy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Inflation Pressure ◽  
High Moisture ◽  
Wheel Load ◽  
Mechanized Agriculture ◽  
Subsoil Compaction

Soil degradation by artificial compaction is recognized by the European Union as a major environmental and agricultural problem. Artificial compaction has worsened with the intensification of mechanized agriculture where heavier machinery is used, often moving on soils with high moisture. Experimental research was designed to determine the influence of five wheel loads and tire inflation pressures, on the contact area, the shape of footprint and the contact pressure, under the wheel of a machine for high accuracy application of phytosanitary treatments in orchards. It was found that the only situation when compaction does not occur is when the tank is empty (2.45 kN wheel load), at lowest tire inflation pressure of 100 kPa. Subsoil compaction (at 0.3-0.4 m) occurs when the sprayer machine’s tank is filled with different amounts of liquid. With empty tank, the sprayer only causes topsoil compaction.

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