FP6 - 7020 FEEDING FATS SAFETY - Quality and safety of feeding fats obtained from waste or by-products from the food chain

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Type of Project	STREP
Contract No	FP6 - 7020
Total Cost	2,030 KEuro
EC Contribution	1,370 KEuro
Start Date	13-12-2004
Duration	13 Months

Abstract

This research project proposed covered a need that has been detected by the feeding and the farm producers, in order to increase safety of using fat as feeding stuffs. So, the objective of the proposal is to give suitable information on quantitative effects of the presence of some contaminants (dioxin, PCB, PAH, PBDE) and lipid degradation products (oxidation, isomerisation and polimerisation) in feeding fats on the quality of meat obtained, as well as data about the repercussions of this presence on animal health and productive parameters. The project assess the real extent of risks in using, in the manufacture of feeds, some fat materials obtained from waste or by-products from the food chain, such as animal fats, fish oils, acid oils coming from refining processes, etc. The use of these fats could lead to risks due to this very lack of product standardisation.

The primary aim of the proposal was to fit animal nutrition requirements with a high level of safety and quality of some types of meat production, on the basis of the use of fats coming from by-products or waste of the food chain. This aim must meet consumer satisfaction and health demands, and meat production in environmental friendly systems. The main objectives of the proposal were:

• improving the level of standardisation of fat materials in order to get safer production systems;
• enhancement of the use of feed fats coming from recycled materials in order to decrease environmental charges;
• production of some types of meat at a high level of quality and safety and at a low cost;
• improving the knowledge in some contaminants transfer from feed fat to meat;
• designing a program for the analytical control of feed fats;
• improving the dissemination of knowledge in the use and control of feed fats between producers;
• reinforcing the consumer confidence in the safety of the animal production systems, ensuring high quality practices and control.

Coordinator

Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Faculty of Pharmacy, Spain

Partners

• Department Of Food Science (University Of Bologna), Italy
• Stazione Sperimentale Per Le Industrie Degli Oli E Grassi, Italy
• S.I.L.O. Srl, Italy
• Universidad Politécnica De Valencia, Spain
• Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden
• Universitat Autònoma De Barcelona, Spain
• University Bordeaux 1, France
• Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain

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Contact

• Rafael CODONY / Universitat de Barcelona Department of Nutrition and Food Science / SPAIN