ACTIBIOSAFE Project
ACTIBIOSAFE project will contribute to reduce alteration of the food and food contamination risks by developing active and biodegradable packaging systems, which will deliver a new approach for the sustainable processing of bioplastics and will provide a functional packaging solution for food, as well as other applications.
Active packaging properties will be achieved through the use of chitosan and other bioactive natural substances that will contribute to antimicrobial and antioxidant characteristics in order to extend the shelf-life of the packaged goods and consequently to diminish the use of preservatives on food formulations. These features of food packaging contribute to improvement the level of consumers’ awareness and their capacity to make healthy choices and the prevention of chronic diseases. Also, development and implementation of active food packaging envisage environment protection with respect to the decrease in fossil resources and need to reduce the amount of disposable packaging materials.
The solutions implemented for achieving these objectives concern materials, processes and technologies. Moreover, specific project orientations will be implemented.
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Partners
Project Promotor: “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry - Iasi (PPIMC)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Cornelia VASILE
Partner 1: NOFIMA AS (NOFIMA)
Team Leader: Dr. Morten SIVERTSVIK
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Partner 2: SC Research Institute of Organic and Auxiliaries Products SA (ICPAO)
Team Leader: Dr. Maria RAPA
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Partner 3: SC RODAX IMPEX SRL
Team Leader: Dr. Laurentiu MOLDOVAN
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Partner 4: University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest (USAMVB)
Team Leader: Prof. Ass.Dr. Amalia Carmen MITELUT
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International conference “Achievements and future steps” 10 December 2015 - Bucuresti, Romania
The international conference "Achievements and future steps" was held on 10th of December 2015 in Bucharest, event organized under the "Research in priority sectors" - RO 14, financed by the EEA Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 and co-financed from the national budget.
The conference aimed at promoting intermediate results generated by the 23 joint research projects funded by RO 14, developed by project promoters in Romania and their partners from donor countries, Norway and Iceland, the mid-term implementation. In addition, the event facilitated the exchange of knowledge, views and best practices with the ultimate aim of strengthening bilateral relations between Romania and donor countries in research and innovation and also to stimulate academia and SMEs to plan future partnerships.
The ACTIBIOSAFE project was presented by the project director, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Vasile, the Romanian partners attending the conference as well. The conference agenda and projects presentations can be seen at http://www.research.ro/ro/articol/3750/program-see-ro-the-conference-achievements-and-future-steps .
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Final project meeting
The final project meeting took place at “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, in Iasi, during 30-31 March, 2017. All partners presented the most important results obtained during ACTIBIOSAFE project and agreed that the good results obtained in this project could be used as a concept for new proposals, at national or international level. The project members expressed their contentment for the collaboration between partners and the coordinator of project and stated the gaining of a high level of expertise in material characterization and processing of food packaging. The partners have approved that the Actibiosafe project contributed to the acquiring of new knowledge regarding the food packaging materials. Final scientific and financial reports have to be finalized up to 30th of June, 2017.
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Third Technical Meeting
The 3rd Technical Meeting has been organized by the Project Promotor, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry in Iasi, Romania, during 19 and 20 of November, 2015. The achievements obtained during the project activities so far have been discussed by the partners and further steps were set.
A special guest for this meeting was the project officer, dr. Octaviana Marincas, which presented her satisfied opinion on the project development up to date and some conclusions following the monitoring visit of the Romanian funding agency – ANCSI - in November 2015 at Iasi. Dr. Marincas also discussed with the participants some aspects regarding the publicity of the projects, following the Communication manual of EEA Grants. She emphasized that the results obtained by common work of the project partners should be patented and implemented in the industry.
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