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造的解决方案，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，在食品加工、包装和整个食品价值链中提供可持续的解决方案，以整体方式解决食品保质期延长和减少浪费的问题。拟议的解决方案旨在(a)通过新型包装/生物保存延长食品保质期，即使用保护性培养物/合成微生物联合体，带有天然抗菌剂或保护性培养物的可回收薄膜；(b)使用智能包装中使用的微生物指标/分子生物标志物（tti、智能打印标签、无创传感器）监测食品质量/安全/保质期；(c)使用预测模型、人工智能/机器学习、物联网和QR、NFR等工具准确预测食品保质期并提高可追溯性；FOODGUARD工具箱组件将在4个不同国家的4个试点示范中进行广泛评估，所有相关行为者都将参与其中，同时涵盖不同的要求和不同的食品。FOODGUARD成果目标1)通过延长保质期和预测来最大限度地减少食品损失和浪费，2)帮助食品行业实施这些保存解决方案，作为化学防腐剂的替代品，3)为实施这些方法部署响应性政策，并通过工具/平台教育消费者，有效提高对食品行业的认识和信任，以(4)增加可追溯性。提供实时供应透明度，提高粮食系统中数据驱动创新的吸收，优化资源效率（减少从农场到餐桌的食物浪费）(v)管理农业食品生产和供应链过程中日益复杂的问题，使消费者更容易采用健康和安全的食品饮食。

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.