European Bodies and Agencies – EFSA – Role of nitrate/nitrite and of processing and storage in the N-nitrosamine formation in certain foods – 2024

Objective

To generate data in the interest of reducing data gaps for the understanding of the correlation between the levels of nitrates/nitrites and N-nitrosamines present in food.

Priorities

• Prority 1: To define food model products and a detailed project plan to asseess the relationship/correlation of nitrite/nitrate use, product formulation, cooking, processing and storage conditions on the formation of N-nitrosamines
• Priority 2: To develop model products and sampling
• Priority 3: To select, optimise and verify the analytical methods for the measurement of nitrates/nitrites/N-nitrosamines
• Priority 4: To sample processing and analytical measurements
• Priority 5: To deal with data analysis and reporting

Eligibility

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be on the list of competent organisations designated by the Member States (Click here)
• Be a single applicant or a consortium

Additional information

• Initial duration of the action: 30 months
• Contact: EFSAProcurement@efsa.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 750,000 euro
• Amount of the grant: 750,000 euro