Dear Colleague,
With this communication I would like to draw your attention to the EU supported research project FRISBEE (www.frisbee-project.eu [1]).
The objective of FRISBEE (Food Refrigeration Innovations for Safety, consumers’ Benefit, Environmental impact and Energy optimization along the cold chain in Europe) is to provide new tools, concepts and solutions for improving refrigeration technologies along the European food cold chain. At all stages the needs of consumer and European industry will be considered. Among the tasks of the project is to develop new innovative mathematical modelling tools that combine food quality and safety together with energy, environmental and economic aspects to predict and control food quality and safety in the cold chain. In order to gain a greater insight into deviations between real cold chain data and targeted specifications, a web based platform for building a comprehensive Cold Chain database has been set up. http://www.frisbee-project.eu/coldchaindb.html [2]
From your published work and research activities or your company’s activities you have been identified as a potential contributor. As a contributor, you will have privileged access to the Cold Chain Database (by login and password) and the access to the database will be secured. Your input will be valuable in updating and extending the already released First European Cold Chain Database ( http://www.frisbee-project.eu/coldchaindb.html [2] ) which is serving as a valuable tool to people and organizations that like you have contributed and are involved in the Cold Chain as researchers or industrial players. By contributing data in this platform (instructions are attached) you can also sign up for access to the Cold Chain Predictor software, a tool which allows you to run simulations and distribution scenarios (e.g. worst case scenario based on real cold chain data). The software also allows the user to analyse and determine the product quality status and shelf life of a food product at the different cold chain stages, using real data from the Cold Chain Database. We appreciate how valuable your data is to your work and the effort that has been committed to collecting this data. With this database you can join forces and share data with other researchers and data holders. We would like to thank you in advance for your input that will help in extending the First European Cold Chain Database, a valuable tool to people and organizations that have contributed and are involved in the Cold Chain. If you need any further information please contact directly [email protected] [3] or Professor Petros Taoukis ([email protected] [4] ), who is responsible for the data collection.
Dr. Petros Taoukis
Professor
National Technical University of Athens
School of Chemical Engineering
Division IV- Product and Process Development
Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology
Iroon Polytechniou 5, 15780 ATHENS, GREECE
tel. +30-210-7723171 [5], +30-6977870961 [6], FAX +30-210-7723163 [7]