Development of a multi-method for the analysis of additives in foodstuffs |
MULTIMADD |
November 16, 2018 |
January 31, 2021 |
Organic contaminants and additives |
food additives, multi class-multi method, banned substances |
Evaluation of impact on reformulation and consumer purchases and diets |
NUTRISCORE |
October 1, 2018 |
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Health information |
Front-of-pack labelling, nutriscore, food reformulation |
Business Impact Assessment on Obesity and Population Level Nutrition |
BIA-Obesity |
October 1, 2018 |
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Health information |
accountability, food industry, food reformulation, food labelling, food marketing, commitments, performance |
Study of the lead and cadmium contamination in big game meat |
LECAHUNT |
October 1, 2018 |
March 31, 2020 |
Trace elements and nanomaterials |
lead, cadmium, trace elements, heavy metals, game meat, hunting |
Food monitoring system to track the nutritional quality of food products on the Belgian market |
NUTRITRACK |
October 1, 2018 |
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Health information |
nutritional quality, food monitoring, sugar, salt, saturated fat, energy, food supply, food reformulation |
Physico-chemical characterisation and exposure analysis of nanoparticles in food additives in the context of risk assessment |
EFSA-Nano |
October 1, 2018 |
September 30, 2020 |
Trace elements and nanomaterials, Risk and health impact assessment |
E171, E174, E175, food matrix, image analysis, representative test material, nanoparticles, electron diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, quantitative electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, high angle annular dark field, scanning transmission electron microscopy, (single particle)-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, risk analysis, exposure assessment, market study |
The cost of current versus healthy sustainable diets in Belgium |
DIETCOST |
October 1, 2018 |
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Health information |
cost of diets, food environments, affordability, sustainability, dietary guidelines, ultra-processed food products |
Healthy Food Environment Policy Index |
Food-EPI |
October 1, 2018 |
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Health information |
accountability, government, food environments, policy implementation |
Safety assessment of feminine intimate products |
FEMINA |
October 1, 2018 |
September 30, 2024 |
Medicines and health products |
feminine intimate products, safety assessment, hazardous substances |
Citizens forum on the use of genomic information in health care |
Burgerforum |
September 1, 2018 |
December 1, 2018 |
Cancer centre |
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Feasibility of a population-based cohort in Belgium: development of a business case and roadmap |
Belcohort |
August 6, 2018 |
July 31, 2020 |
Health information |
population-based cohort, chronic diseases, ageing, lifestyle, health policy, research infrastructure |
Bringing a Health Claim to Information: “ Measuring the impact of health data on the health outcomes of European citizens” |
BAHCI |
August 1, 2018 |
July 31, 2020 |
Epidemiology and public health |
health information systems, knowledge translation, evidence informed decision-making, evidence-based policy, health system performance, European public health research |
Development and implementation of a Belgian platform for the generation and use of “whole genome sequencing” (WGS) data for outbreak investigation, with the for human pathogenic Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli (STEC) as case study |
StEQIDEMIC.be |
May 1, 2018 |
December 31, 2021 |
Foodborne pathogens, Transversal activities in applied genomics |
NGS, outbreak, food safety, whole genome sequencing, NRL, NRC, STEC, human pathogenic Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli, applied genomics, food-borne outbreak, pathogen, isolate, metagenomics, norovirus |
A new global infrastructure for promoting metrology in food and nutrition |
METROFOOD |
April 1, 2018 |
January 4, 2024 |
Chemical and physical health risks |
ESFRI, ERIC, metrology, food safety and quality, traceability, authenticity, reference materials, farm to fork |
Joint Action on Health Information |
InfAct – Information for Action |
March 1, 2018 |
February 28, 2021 |
Epidemiology and public health |
EU health information, health information system, Joint Action, population health, health care system |
Support of Theileria vaccine production at the Centre for Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases (CTTBD, Malawi) and development of an in vitro potency method |
CTTBD-GALVmed |
March 1, 2018 |
February 27, 2021 |
Viral reemerging enzootic and bee diseases |
East Coast fever, Theileria parva, ticks, in vitro cell cultures, immunohistochemistry |
CBRN transversal expert group coordination |
CBRN Coordination |
February 1, 2018 |
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Foodborne pathogens, Viral diseases, Risk and health impact assessment, Organic contaminants and additives, Platform chromatography and mass spectrometry, Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Biosafety and biotechnology , Transversal activities in applied genomics, Coordination of veterinary activities and veterinary epidemiology, Exotic and vector-borne diseases, Veterinary bacteriology, Crisis Coordination |
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DNA-debate |
DNA-debate |
February 1, 2018 |
November 1, 2020 |
Kankercentrum |
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Promoting One Health in Europe through joint actions on foodborne zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance and emerging microbiological hazards |
One Health EJP |
February 1, 2018 |
December 31, 2022 |
Strategy external positioning |
one health, animal health, public health, food safety, cross-sector collaboration, infectious diseases, preparedness |
Reduction of Campylobacter in broiler flocks: identification of risk factors, evaluation of increased biosecurity measures and the protective effect of the microbiota of Campylobacter free flocks |
CAMPREVENT |
January 15, 2018 |
January 15, 2021 |
Foodborne pathogens |
Campylobacter, broiler, interventions |
National reference laboratory for bee diseases |
NRL BEE |
January 1, 2018 |
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Viral reemerging enzootic and bee diseases |
national reference laboratory, bees, diagnosis of bee diseases |
Development of a new generation of anti-tuberculosis vaccines for preventive and therapeutic approaches |
TB-LAV/LV-VAC |
January 1, 2018 |
December 31, 2019 |
Infectious diseases in humans |
tuberculosis, vaccine, lentiviral vector |
Task force on varnishes and coatings for food contact materials |
COATEVAL |
January 1, 2018 |
June 30, 2019 |
Organic contaminants and additives |
food contact materials, risk assessment, migration, coatings |
Database of substances known by the Member States of the Council of Europe and used in food contact materials |
FCM Dbase |
January 1, 2018 |
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Organic contaminants and additives |
database, food contact materials, QSAR, legislation, Council of Europe, risk indicator |
Development and harmonization of innovative methods for comprehensive analysis of foodborne toxigenic bacteria |
TOX-detect |
January 1, 2018 |
June 30, 2021 |
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bacterial toxins, food-poisoning outbreaks, toxigenic bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Clostridium perfringens, non-NGS |
VALidation of HUman papillomavirus assays and collection DEvices for HPV testing on Self-samples and urine samples (VALHUDES) |
VALHUDES |
December 1, 2017 |
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Cancer centre |
cervical cancer, diagnostic test accuracy, screening, self-sampling, test validation, valhudes |
Investigation of electrohypersensitivity using an exposure protocol co-created with electrohypersensitive people |
ExpoComm & Envi-EHS |
November 23, 2017 |
September 30, 2022 |
Risk and health impact assessment |
electromagnetic fields, controlled exposure, electrohypersensitivity (EHS) |
Recent data predict an increased risk for virus transmission upon Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) introduction in pigs: study of JEV induced immune responses and evaluation of diagnostic tests |
JEV-PIG-IMMUNODIA |
October 1, 2017 |
June 30, 2021 |
Viral reemerging enzootic and bee diseases |
Japanese encephalitis virus, flavivirus, mosquito, pig, vector-borne disease, immunology, diagnostics |
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in herbs and related foodstuffs |
PASHERBS |
October 1, 2017 |
March 31, 2018 |
Organic contaminants and additives, Health information |
pyrrolizidine alkaloids, LC-MS/MS, aromatic herbs, prepared dishes, dietary exposure, PASFOOD |
Local Health Interview Survey |
LHIS |
September 25, 2017 |
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Health information |
survey, health status, lifestyle, medical consumption, prevention |