Publications by authors named "Nunzia Cito"
Article Synopsis
- The European research area faces challenges like opacity and fragmentation in food safety research funding, which limits the effective use of research across countries.
- To address these issues, interviews with funding bodies from six countries were conducted, followed by a workshop with funding experts to discuss the challenges and develop strategies.
- The evaluation revealed both commonalities and differences in funding approaches, highlighting issues like lack of management staff and insufficient funds, leading to recommendations for improving the food safety research funding landscape.
The dynamic field of food safety faces continuous challenges, prompting stakeholders to develop collaborative actions for improved food safety systems. As part of these actions, the EU-FORA fellowship programme was dedicated to a multi-actor collaboration addressing risks of the unregulated mycotoxins T-2 and HT-2 toxins in oats. Critical gaps in risk assessment procedures were identified, leading to a joint effort to develop a strategy for rapid data collection and risk assessment, including the development of a risk assessment toolkit comprising of a training manual and two intuitive Microsoft® Excel files.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFood safety is a top priority for the European Commission, which policies aim at sustaining a high level of protection of human health and consumers' interests, while ensuring an effective functioning of the internal EU market. Under the New Transparency Regulation (EU/2019/138), the 3-year EU-funded foodsafety4eu project (FS4EU) kicked off in January 2021, represents a significant step for the European Union (EU) food safety system (FSS), towards more transparency, better engagement, and closer cooperation. This Horizon 2020 Project, coordinated by CNR-ISPA (Italy), focuses on building a multi-stakeholder platform for the future EU FSS.
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