Role of nitrate/nitrite and of processing and storage in the N-nitrosamine formation in certain foods
EUBA Type of Action
Basic Information
- Identifier
- EUBA-EFSA-2024-FEEDCO-01
- Programme
- Role of nitrate/nitrite and of processing and storage in the N-nitrosamine formation in certain foods
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- July 4, 2024
- Deadline
- December 18, 2024
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €750,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- EUBA-EFSA-2024-FEEDCO-01EUBA-EFSA-2024-FEEDCO-01
Description
Only competent organisations, based on designations by Member States, are eligible to apply to the call.
N-nitrosamines are genotoxic and carcinogenic compounds occurring in food. Their formation has been linked to the presence of nitrates and nitrites in food, mainly in processed food products. The EFSA’s evaluations on nitrates and nitrites as food additives and on N-nitrosamines in food indicated the need of further studies on the levels of N-nitrosamines formed in different processed meat products with known ingoing amounts of nitrates /nitrites added and in foods other than processed meat (i.e. raw meats, vegetables, cereals, milk and dairy products, fermented foods, pickled preserves, spiced foods, etc.) as well as in all products when cooked in different ways. This call for proposals seeks to address these recommendations by analysing nitrates, nitrites and N-nitrosamines in processed and unprocessed meat, fish, cheese and leafy vegetables food model products under different cooking types and storage conditions. The objective of this call for proposals is to investigate possible correlations between nitrates/nitrites and nitrosamines, and the role of cooking and storage on nitrosamine formation.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions: 1. Eligibility criteria: as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document
Proposal page limits and layout: n/a
2. Eligible countries: 2. Eligibility criteria: as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document. To be eligible, applicants must be on the list of competent organisations designated by the Member States in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EC) 178/2002 and Commission Regulation (EC) 2230/2004. This list is regularly updated by EFSA Management Board and is available for consultation using this link https://efsa.force.com/competentorganisations/s/
3. Other eligibility conditions:
3. Other eligibility conditions as described in section 2.2 of the call for proposals document
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion:
4. Operational capacity: as described in section 2.4 of the call for proposals document
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Submission and evaluation processes: Submission modalities: as described in section 3 of the call for proposals document
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Award criteria, scoring and thresholds: Award criteria: as described in section 2.5 of the call for proposals document
- Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement: described in section 'Indicative procedure timetable' page 2 of the call for proposals document
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants:
described in section 1.5 of the call for proposals document and in the Draft Grant agreement
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