Microbiome applications and technological hubs as solutions to minimize food loss and waste - FOODGUARD

FOODGUARD旨在开发和展示共同创建的解决方案，这些解决方案将支持基于微生物组、微生物活动和技术中心的创新和进步，以应对食品、健康、经济和环境挑战。设想的方法包括一个工具集和方法框架，以提供食品加工、包装和整个食品价值链的可持续解决方案，以整体方式解决食品保质期延长和减少浪费的问题。建议的解决方案旨在(A)利用新的包装/生物保存方法延长食品的保质期，即使用保护性培养物/合成微生物联合体、含有天然抗菌剂的可回收薄膜或保护性培养物；(B)通过用于智能包装(TTIs、智能打印标签、非侵入性传感器)的微生物指示器/分子生物标志物来监测食品质量/安全/保质期；以及(C)使用预测模型、人工智能/ML、物联网和QR、NFR等工具准确预测食品保质期和提高可追溯性；FOODGUARD工具箱组件将通过4个不同国家的四个试点示范在现实生活中进行广泛评估，所有相关参与者都将参与其中，同时涵盖不同的需求和不同的食品。FOODGUARD成果目标一)通过延长保质期和预测将食品损失和浪费降至最低，二)帮助食品行业实施这些保鲜解决方案，作为化学防腐剂的替代方案，三)为实施这些方法部署响应政策，并通过工具/平台吸引消费者，有效提高食品部门的认识和信任，以(四)提高可追溯性，提供实时供应透明度，以提高对食品系统中数据驱动的创新的接受，优化资源效率(减少从农场到餐叉的食物浪费)(五)管理农业食品生产和供应链过程中增加的复杂性，让消费者更容易采用健康安全的食品饮食。

FOODGUARD aims to develop and demonstrate co-created solutions that will support innovations & advances based on microbiome, microbial activities & technology hubs to address food, health, economic and environmental challenges. The envisioned approach consists of a framework of toolsets & methodologies to provide sustainable solutions in food processing, packaging & across the food value chain to address food shelf-life increase & waste reduction in a holistic manner. The proposed solutions aim to (a) extend food shelf life with novel packaging/ bio preservation i.e. use of protective cultures/synthetic microbial consortia, recyclable films with natural antimicrobials or protective cultures;(b)monitor food quality/safety/shelf life with microbial indicators/molecular biomarkers used in smart packaging(TTIs, smart printed tags, no-invasive sensors)& (c) accurately predict food shelf life & improve traceability using predictive models, AI/ ML, Internet of Things & tools like QR,NFR etc.; FOODGUARD toolbox components will be extensively evaluated in real life settings through four pilot demonstrations in 4 different countries with involvement of all relevant actors while covering diverse requirements and different food products. FOODGUARD outcomes target i) to minimize food loss and waste by shelf life extension and prediction,ii) to help the food industry to implement these preservation solutions as an alternative to chemical preservatives,iii)to deploy responsive policy for implementing these approaches as well as to engage consumers educated via tools/platforms, effectively improving awareness &trust in the food sector to(iv)increase traceability, providing real-time supply transparency that will improve the uptake of data-driven innovations in food systems, optimize resource efficiency (reducing food waste from farm to fork)(v)manage increased complexity in agri-food production & supply chain process, make it easier for consumers to adopt a healthy & safe food diet.