METROFOOD-RI - Infrastructure for promoting Metrology in Food and Nutrition is an innovative distributed Research Infrastructure aimed to promote scientific excellence in the field of food quality and safety.

It provides high-quality metrology services in food and nutrition, comprising an important cross-section of highly interdisciplinary and interconnected fields throughout the food value chain, including agrifood, sustainable development, food safety, quality, traceability and authenticity, environmental safety, and human health.

METROFOOD-RI mission is to enhance quality and reliability of measurement results and make available and share data, information and metrological tools, in order to enhance scientific excellence in the field of food quality and safety. The general objective is to enhance strengthen scientific knowledge, scientific cooperation and encourage interaction between the various stakeholders, as well as the creation of a common and shared base of data, information and knowledge.

PRO-METROFOOD, Professor Antonia Trichopoulou, President of HHF presented at the 3rd IMEKOFOODS International Conference "Metrology Promoting Standardization and Harmonization in Food and Nutrition", 1-4 October 2017 at Aristotle University Research Dissemination Center (KEDEA) (Thessaloniki, Greece)For further information about this project visit: http://www.metrofood.eu/

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METROFOOD-RI is a distributed infrastructure organised with a Hub & Nodes model. The Consortium involves 48 Institutes from 18 European Countries (15 Member States and 5 Associated Countries). https://www.metrofood.eu/about-us/consortium.html

Funding:

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 871083