APIFRESH

"Developing European standards for bee pollen and royal jelly: quality, safety and authenticity"

Coordinatore	TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL    more  Organization address address: CALLE MIGUEL VILLANUEVA 2 6 PISO PUERTA 3 city: LOGRONO postcode: 26001 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alfredo Cognome: Sanchez Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 417 04 57 Fax: +34 91 556 34 15
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

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	TECNOLOGIAS AVANZADAS INSPIRALIA SL  Organization address address: CALLE MIGUEL VILLANUEVA 2 6 PISO PUERTA 3 city: LOGRONO postcode: 26001 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Alfredo Cognome: Sanchez Email: send email Telefono: +34 91 417 04 57 Fax: +34 91 556 34 15	ES (LOGRONO)	coordinator	53˙760.00
2	ALTIPARMAK GIDA SANAYI VE TICARET KOLLEKTIF SIRKETI OZEN-OZGUR  Organization address address: "Cekmekoy, Cavusbasi Cad. , Umraniye 70" city: Istanbul postcode: 34782 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Asli El?f Cognome: Sunay Email: send email Telefono: +90 216 641 20 20 Fax: +90 216 641 30 30	TR (Istanbul)	participant	347˙809.50
3	PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO S.R.L.  Organization address address: Via Einstein - Localita Cascina Codazza city: LODI postcode: 26900 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Gianluca Cognome: Carenzo Email: send email Telefono: 3907090000000 Fax: 3903710000000	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 postcode: 1549-012 LISBOA contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: João Diogo Cognome: Guanilho De Freitas Casaca Email: send email Telefono: 351920000000 Fax: +351 217 166 123	PT (Lisboa)	participant	262˙259.34
6	Orszagos Magyar Meheszeti Egyesulet  Organization address address: Viola ut 50 city: Budapest postcode: 1094 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Zsolt Cognome: Lászlóffy Email: send email Telefono: 36306351272 Fax: 3612160015	HU (Budapest)	participant	250˙325.75
7	CENTRO TECNOLOGICO NACIONAL DE LA CONSERVA Y ALIMENTACION  Organization address address: CONCORDIA city: MOLINA DE SEGURA postcode: 30500 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Jose Antonio Cognome: Gabaldon Hernandez Email: send email Telefono: 34968389011 Fax: +34968 613401	ES (MOLINA DE SEGURA)	participant	49˙416.75
8	Junta de Castilla la Mancha - Consejeria de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural  Organization address city: Toledo postcode: 45071 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Angel Cognome: Sanz Email: send email Telefono: 34949250026 Fax: 34949250176	ES (Toledo)	participant	32˙800.00
9	TURKIYE BILIMSEL VE TEKNOLOJIK ARASTIRMA KURUMU  Organization address address: Ataturk Bulvari 221 city: ANKARA postcode: 6100 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ay?em Cognome: Batur Email: send email Telefono: +90 262 677 3276 Fax: +90 262 641 2309	TR (ANKARA)	participant	26˙800.00
10	EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION EWIV  Organization address address: HAUPTSTRASSE 67 city: OPPENAU SCHWARZWALD postcode: 77728 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Walter Cognome: Haefeker Email: send email Telefono: +49 7804 520 Fax: +49 7804 2287	DE (OPPENAU SCHWARZWALD)	participant	23˙271.25
11	UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID  Organization address address: AVENIDA DE SENECA 2 city: MADRID postcode: 28040 contact info Titolo: Mrs. Nome: Maribel Cognome: Rodríguez Villa Email: send email Telefono: 34913946376 Fax: 34913946382	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.