OTASENS

"Novel photosensor-based device for rapid and quantitative ochratoxin A determination in wine, beer and feed"

Coordinatore	AUTOMATION SRL    more  Organization address address: Via Luigi Cagnola 35/A city: ABBIATEGRASSO postcode: 20081 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Roberto Cognome: Arrigoni Email: send email Telefono: 390295000000 Fax: 39029462113
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Sito del progetto	http://www.otasens.it
Totale costo	1˙384˙252 €
EC contributo	1˙069˙199 €
Programma	FP7-SME Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs
Code Call	FP7-SME-2008-1
Funding Scheme	BSG-SME
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-12-01   -   2011-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	AUTOMATION SRL  Organization address address: Via Luigi Cagnola 35/A city: ABBIATEGRASSO postcode: 20081 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Roberto Cognome: Arrigoni Email: send email Telefono: 390295000000 Fax: 39029462113	IT (ABBIATEGRASSO)	coordinator	400˙967.00
2	EWOS INNOVATION AS  Organization address city: DIRDAL postcode: 4335 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Richard Cognome: Taylor Email: send email Telefono: 4751611705 Fax: 4797473372	NO (DIRDAL)	participant	299˙254.00
3	LUMISENSE LDA  Organization address address: Rua dos Pinheiros - Parque de Negocios U.I.C s/n city: Cernache do Bonjardim postcode: 6100 266 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Antonio Cognome: Cascalheira Email: send email Telefono: 35960424060 Fax: 351218000000	PT (Cernache do Bonjardim)	participant	144˙998.00
4	EUROINSPEKT CROATIAKONTROLA D.O.O  Organization address address: PRERADOVICEVA 31A city: ZAGREB postcode: 10000 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Martina Cognome: Cajner Sertic Email: send email Telefono: 38514817177 Fax: 38514817191	HR (ZAGREB)	participant	117˙500.00
5	Giesinger Biermanufaktur & Specialitaten Braugesellschaft mbH	DE	participant	54˙250.00
6	Filipa Campos Pato  Organization address address: Quinta do Bairro city: Qis do Bairro postcode: 3780-502 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Filipa Cognome: Pato Email: send email Telefono: +351 231 596432 Fax: +351 231 596842	PT (Qis do Bairro)	participant	42˙230.00
7	INESC MICROSISTEMAS E NANOTECNOLGIAS-INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS DE COMPUTADORES PARA OS MICROSISTEMAS E AS NANOTECNOLOGIAS  Organization address address: Rua Alves Redol 9 city: LISBOA postcode: 1000-029 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Ilda Cognome: Ribeiro Email: send email Telefono: +35 121 3100 424 Fax: +35 121 3100 425	PT (LISBOA)	participant	5˙000.00
8	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Daniela Cognome: Padulo Email: send email Telefono: +39 06 44585418 Fax: +39 06 4742647	IT (ROMA)	participant	5˙000.00
9	ERRE EMME S.R.L.  Organization address address: Via San Procolo Km 0.4 city: Paliano (FR) postcode: 3018 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Leone Cognome: Rezia Loppio Email: send email Telefono: 390776000000 Fax: 390776000000	IT (Paliano (FR))	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The deterioration of food commodities by biotic factors is a serious and widespread problem. In particular, the contamination of different food and feed commodities by ochratoxin A (OTA) produced by several widespread fungi represents a serious health risk due to the high toxicity of OTA. This toxin causes nephrotoxic, genotoxic, immunosuppressive and carcinogenic effects on humans and animals. It is therefore necessary to have a close surveillance of the presence of this mycotoxin in food, beverages and feed through efficient, reliable and rapid analytical methods. The availability of low cost analytical methods which join reliability and rapidity is highly desired by the small medium enterprises (SMEs). In this project we will develop a novel system able to perform detection and quantification of OTA in wine, beer and feed, through a linear array of a-Si:H photosensors deposited on a glass substrate. The photosensors will be coupled with surfaces treated in different ways in order to establish the best functionalization of the considered food matrix and will be integrated in a compact, portable equipment. Several food and feed matrices (wine, beer, cereals), both naturally contaminated or fortified with OTA, will be extracted with different extraction methods and analysed by the novel system. The liquid samples (wine, beer) will be also analysed by direct deposition without any extraction procedure. The results obtained with this system will be compared with those obtained by using traditional analytical methods. Therefore the proposed system will allow to perform low cost, rapid and reliable analyses, not only in a well equipped laboratory but also in a canteen, or in a brewery as well as in a farm, satisfying the requirements of SMEs for an effective food quality control.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An EU-funded project has designed two novel detection systems for monitoring the food toxin ochratoxin A (OTA). By helping to control food quality, these systems will protect the health of European consumers.