{"id":10638,"date":"2022-10-11T11:34:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T10:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fei-online.com\/?p=10638"},"modified":"2022-10-11T12:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T11:04:01","slug":"quadram-institute-hosts-new-uk-food-safety-network-to-tackle-9-billion-food-safety-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fei-online.com\/quadram-institute-hosts-new-uk-food-safety-network-to-tackle-9-billion-food-safety-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadram Institute hosts new UK Food Safety Network to tackle \u00a39 billion food safety challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-10638'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center\"><div id=\"ads-slider-28\" class=\"custom-slider ads-slider-1470378083 ads-slider\"><ul><li><!--Begin ClixTrac.com Banner Code -->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/goto\/?308404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/308404.jpg\" alt=\"Free from food\" title=\"Free from food\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\r\n<!--End ClixTrac.com Banner Code --><\/li><li><!--Begin ClixTrac.com Banner Code -->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/click.php?banner=302805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/302805.jpg\" alt=\"LUBRIPLATE\" title=\"LUBRIPLATE\" border=\"0\" width=\"120\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a>\r\n<!--End ClixTrac.com Banner Code --><\/li><li><div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"ads-1516454181\"><!--Begin ClixTrac.com Banner Code -->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/click.php?banner=297426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/297426.jpg\" alt=\"Click here for more information!\" title=\"Click here for more information!\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\r\n<!--End ClixTrac.com Banner Code --><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $adsslider1470378083 = jQuery( \".ads-slider-1470378083\" );$adsslider1470378083.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$adsslider1470378083.unslider({ delay:5000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$adsslider1470378083.on(\"mouseover\", function(){$adsslider1470378083.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$adsslider1470378083.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h1 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">Quadram Institute hosts new UK Food Safety Network to tackle \u00a39 billion food safety challenge<\/h1><span class=\"post-meta-infos\">\/ <span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/fei-online.com\/category\/featured-articles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Featured Articles<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/header>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Food poisoning is a major health challenge costing the UK up to \u00a39 billion each year. To help tackle the problem, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have invested \u00a31.6 million into a new Food Safety Research Network, hosted by the Quadram Institute.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nQuadram Institute Director, Professor Ian Charles, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have been awarded this \u00a31.6m grant to help bring our cutting-edge scientific knowledge to the food industry and to help tackle major societal issues such as food safety and food waste.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image' src='https:\/\/fei-online.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/10\/Campylobacter_jejuni-scaled-e1680873473928.jpg' alt='' title='Campylobacter_jejuni' height=\"900\" width=\"675\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em>A scanning electron microscope image shows the characteristic spiral, or corkscrew, shape of Campylobacter jejuni cells and related structures. Campylobacter is one of the most common causes of food poisoning. Photo by De Wood; digital colorization by Chris Pooley.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Foodborne illness key facts<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u2022 In the UK, estimates indicate there are 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness a year<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 the estimated annual cost from these illnesses is \u00a39 billion<\/em> <em>(with \u00a36 billion from unidentified causes)<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Research shows that the cause of illness is often a microbial pathogen carried over into food from the environment, or <\/em><em>from livestock, or even from people<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 The microbes which cause the greatest economic impact <\/em><em>are Campylobacter and Salmonella<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Food poisoning from Listeria is rare, but has a mortality <\/em><em>rate of nearly 13 per cent<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u2022 Microbes also play a key role in food waste, with <\/em><em>Pseudomonas accounting for 25 per cent of food spoilage.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>One Health<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nDr Matt Gilmour, Quadram Institute group leader and network lead, said: \u201cThe safety of our food is threatened by both enduring and emerging threats from microbes that contaminate our food. This threat is exemplified by microbes that spread between the environment, animals and humans \u2013 with foodborne exposures being a means for the transmission of pathogens and novel antimicrobial resistance genes from agriculture. The challenge is to take an integrated and unified approach to these problems right through from agriculture and the environment to food production and human health, in what\u2019s termed a \u2018One Health\u2019 approach. To do that we need to collaborate with food and other associated industries to share research and innovation and deliver training activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UK Food Safety Research Network will connect food industry, food and health policymakers and academia to collaboratively pursue shared research priorities that will protect the UK from foodborne hazards. The network will serve as an innovation hub to coordinate and fund cross-sectoral research and training activities that address current and emerging challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The network\u2019s objectives are to:<br \/>\n\u2022 assemble a community of UK food producers, food policy makers and scientific researchers who collectively can take robust actions toward improving food safety<br \/>\n\u2022 identify areas of research need and opportunity that, in the view of food stakeholders and network members, will have meaningful impacts on UK food safety<br \/>\n\u2022 coordinate new collaborative research activities that will promote the application of science towards the food safety challenges identified by our food system community<br \/>\n\u2022 host training to promote skills development, interoperability and relationship-building between our food system community<br \/>\n\u2022 translate the knowledge generated within the network to food safety stakeholders, and to upcycle existing information and technologies relevant to food safety that have not yet been applied more broadly.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Robin May, FSA Chief Scientific Adviser, said: \u201cWe are excited to partner with BBSRC and Quadram Institute for the creation of the UK Food Safety Research Network. Foodborne disease is a major cause of illness in the UK population and imposes a significant burden on both infected individuals and the economy. The network directly aligns with the core objectives of the FSA Strategy 2022-2027 to ensure food is safe and food is what it says it is. Importantly, the network will ensure that the FSA is well-placed to tackle the challenges of foodborne illnesses by bringing together experts from government, industry and academia to address current and emerging issues of food safety in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Professor Melanie Welham, BBSRC Executive Chair, commented: \u201cEach year, food poisoning has a major impact on the health of UK citizens and the health of our economy. The new UK Food Safety Research Network presents a tangible and exciting opportunity for collaborations to form between a range of experts to improve our understanding of foodborne disease and identify new ways in which to effectively predict, prevent, respond and recover from such illnesses in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>To find out more about the UK Food Safety Research Network, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/quadram.ac.uk\/food-safety-research-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quadram.ac.uk\/food-safety-research-network\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  av-social-sharing-box-minimal '><div class='av-share-box'><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this<\/h5><ul class='av-share-box-list noLightbox'><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href='https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/quadram-institute-hosts-new-uk-food-safety-network-to-tackle-9-billion-food-safety-challenge\/&#038;t=Quadram%20Institute%20hosts%20new%20UK%20Food%20Safety%20Network%20to%20tackle%20%C2%A39%20billion%20food%20safety%20challenge' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Facebook' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Quadram%20Institute%20hosts%20new%20UK%20Food%20Safety%20Network%20to%20tackle%20%C2%A39%20billion%20food%20safety%20challenge&#038;url=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/?p=10638' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8f1' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Twitter' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-whatsapp' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on WhatsApp\" href='https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/quadram-institute-hosts-new-uk-food-safety-network-to-tackle-9-billion-food-safety-challenge\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\uf232' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on WhatsApp' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on WhatsApp<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href='https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;title=Quadram%20Institute%20hosts%20new%20UK%20Food%20Safety%20Network%20to%20tackle%20%C2%A39%20billion%20food%20safety%20challenge&#038;url=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/quadram-institute-hosts-new-uk-food-safety-network-to-tackle-9-billion-food-safety-challenge\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue8fc' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on LinkedIn' rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-mail' ><a  aria-label=\"Share by Mail\" href='mailto:?subject=Quadram%20Institute%20hosts%20new%20UK%20Food%20Safety%20Network%20to%20tackle%20%C2%A39%20billion%20food%20safety%20challenge&#038;body=https:\/\/fei-online.com\/quadram-institute-hosts-new-uk-food-safety-network-to-tackle-9-billion-food-safety-challenge\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue805' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share by Mail'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share by Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; 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