APIFRESH
"Developing European standards for bee pollen and royal jelly: quality, safety and authenticity"
| Coordinatore | TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL
Organization address
address: CALLE MIGUEL VILLANUEVA 2 6 PISO PUERTA 3 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Spain [ES] |
| Totale costo | 2˙106˙682 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙674˙127 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2008-2 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME-AG |
| Anno di inizio | 2010 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2010-07-01 - 2013-06-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL
Organization address
address: CALLE MIGUEL VILLANUEVA 2 6 PISO PUERTA 3 contact info |
ES (LOGRONO) | coordinator | 53˙760.00 |
| 2 |
ALTIPARMAK GIDA SANAYI VE TICARET KOLLEKTIF SIRKETI OZEN-OZGUR
Organization address
address: "Cekmekoy, Cavusbasi Cad. , Umraniye 70" contact info |
TR (Istanbul) | participant | 347˙809.50 |
| 3 |
PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO S.R.L.
Organization address
address: Via Einstein - Localita Cascina Codazza contact info |
IT (LODI) | participant | 325˙425.75 |
| 4 | Explotaciones apicolas campomiel s.c. | ES | participant | 295˙379.25 |
| 5 |
Federacao Nacional dos Apicultores de Portugal
Organization address
city: Lisboa contact info |
PT (Lisboa) | participant | 262˙259.34 |
| 6 |
Orszagos Magyar Meheszeti Egyesulet
Organization address
address: Viola ut 50 contact info |
HU (Budapest) | participant | 250˙325.75 |
| 7 |
CENTRO TECNOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA CONSERVA Y ALIMENTACION
Organization address
address: CONCORDIA contact info |
ES (MOLINA DE SEGURA) | participant | 49˙416.75 |
| 8 |
Junta de Castilla la Mancha - Consejeria de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural
Organization address
city: Toledo contact info |
ES (Toledo) | participant | 32˙800.00 |
| 9 |
TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU
Organization address
address: Ataturk Bulvari 221 contact info |
TR (ANKARA) | participant | 26˙800.00 |
| 10 |
EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION EWIV
Organization address
address: HAUPTSTRASSE 67 contact info |
DE (OPPENAU SCHWARZWALD) | participant | 23˙271.25 |
| 11 |
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID
Organization address
address: AVENIDA DE SENECA 2 contact info |
ES (MADRID) | participant | 6˙880.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The competitiveness of the European beekeeping sector is progressively falling due to the reduction of beekeepers’ production as a direct consequence of decrease in bee population, implying lower economies of scale, underutilised resources and higher relative production costs. In addition, beekeeping products produced in countries with much lower quality standards, even sometimes adulterated with substitutes and complemented with sweetening products, are gaining market share in Europe through an unfair competition. In addition, there is a current lack of standards at European (and international) level for certain bee products like pollen and royal jelly. This means that it is possible to find in the market products under these labels without any control of quality and authenticity, and the risks it may imply for both the consumer and the SMEs of the sector. Few countries in Europe have some guidelines or regional standards for other products than honey, but broad standardization is missing. Therefore, the objectives of this project are threefold: (a) To develop European standards for bee pollen and royal jelly (b) Establishment of the health relevant criteria for pollen and royal jelly (c) The development of an unerring methodology for the determination of pollen and honey origin authenticity Claims made by several European Associations of beekeepers about the lack of quality controls in both marketed pollen and royal jelly for human consumption give rise to the developing of such standards. The standards and methodologies that will be developed in this project could lay the foundations of future European regulations. Research and development activities will include analytical methods to determine sensory properties, microbiologic load and chemical composition of mentioned products and methods of melissopalynology.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
A recent project has supported the beekeeping industry in Europe by proposing new health and quality standards for pollen and royal jelly products.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
The European beekeeping industry is facing a myriad of threats to its competitiveness. These include declining bee health, cheap and inferior international products, and a lack of standards for bee products like pollen and royal jelly.
To address some of these problems, the EU-funded 'Developing European standards for bee pollen and royal jelly: Quality, safety and authenticity' (http://www.apifresh.eu (APIFRESH)) project undertook reformation of the industry by developing Europe-wide standards for these products.
The project focussed on three aspects: authenticity of bee products; chemical, microbiological and sensory standard criteria; and health-enhancing compounds. This research was collated into a number of tools, reports and guides for bee industry stakeholders.
A quality standard proposal was also completed for both pollen and royal jelly. These proposals covered the required physicochemical properties, as well as the methods to analyse these properties.
APIFRESH produced best practice guides for harvesting and analysing pollen and royal jelly. Further, a manual of health-enhancing compounds present in the products was compiled.
Lastly, the project developed a computer vision method to identify the plant species and geographical origin of pollen and royal jelly. This was incorporated into a decision support tool to help farmers and distributors verify the source of their products.