Workshop between Japanese and Norwegian researchers within traceability and food safety

During the last 5 years SINTEF has taken part in the development of a bilateral research agreement with Japan, within food safety and traceability. The final agreement was signed in 2007. Two round table meetings took place in Japan in 2005 and 2006. In this period several research and industrial delegations visited SINTEF and Nofima. Since 2005, NRIFS (National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Yokohama) and SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture have been closely cooperating within Traceability Control Mechanism research, and since 2006 FMRIC (Food Market Research and Information Center,Tokyo) have had a close relation with Nofima and SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture within food chain traceability research. In 2007 and 2008, SINTEF and Nofima were granted With 2 BILAT pre-projects aiming at establishing research partners and to come up with relevant research topics. In 2009 a large bilateral consortium was granted with a large 3-year research project by the "Food program" in Norwegian Research Council, focussing on food safety and traceability within the mackerel supply chain between Norway and Japan. This was a significant milestone in the development of research cooperation between the 2 nations and the 4 research institutes. However, it still is a challenge to obtain funding of joint or connected projects in Japan. This workshop aimed mainly at creating a platform for further and long term cooperation between the 4 research institutes.Innovation Norway, Norwegian Research CouncilpublishedVersio

Test av oksygeneringssystem for oppdrettskar; Solvox® OxyStream

Oksygeneringssystem for oppdrettskar, SOLVOX® OxyStream, normal vannmengde 2500 l/min ble testet hos Lerøy Midnor Lensvika oktober 2009 i et øl 2 m oppdrettskar uten fisk, vanndybde 3 m, ferskvann (o promille, 5°C) og saltvann (33 promille, 10°C). Resultatene viser en innløsningseffekt for oksygen på ca 45 % i ferskvann og ca 100 % i sjøvann ved vanntrykk 0.45 -1 ,45 m vannsøyle. Totalgassmetningen i oppdrettsvannet (TGP) ble målt til verdier godt under 100 %, selv ved høy oksygenmetning. Dette skyldes trolig at inerte gasser i vannfasen som nitrogen og argon diffunderer inn i oksygenrike mikrobobler fra SOLVOX®. OxyStream, og blir med boblene til vannoverflaten for utveksling med atmosfærisk luft. Vannmengdeindikatoren på SOLVOX® OxyStream viste en nøyaktighet på 95 - 100 %. Skyvetrykket fra SOLVOX® OxyStream virker jevnt i hele vannsøylen.AGA ASpublishedVersio

TraceFish basert innføring av sporbarhet i norsk fiskerinæring

Dette dokumentet beskriver et forslag til ”beste praksis” for innføring av sporbarhet i norske fiskeribedrifter relatert til TraceFish standardene. Noen av områdene som beskrives er: • Hvordan komme i gang • Hvordan definere batchstørrelsen • Hvordan identifisere enhetene • Hvilken informasjon er viktigst å registrere for å innføre sporbarhet • Hvorfor er standardisering av informasjon viktig • Hvilket sporbarhetssystem anbefales • Hvordan registrere sammenhengen mellom enheteneRapport/Report 11/2006 English summaryTraceFish basert innføring av sporbarhet i norsk fiskerinæringpublishedVersio

IFSAT - Integrating Food Safety and Traceability

This project set out to integrate food safety and traceability by finding common features in the two systems that could benefit each other. Achieved synergetic effects were to be documented by integrating food safety and traceability in the management systems. Systems and standards for chain traceability are now possible to put into operation in the Nordic food industry, with the consequence that a lot of previously unavailable functionality now becomes possible. Chain traceability enables food safety by providing access to data elements that are relevant for risk analysis, relevant for identification of contamination source, and necessary for targeted recall. The challenge in the near future is to integrate food safety aspects and traceability in an operational way