What is FUTUREFOOD6

FUTUREFOOD6 is a Specific Support Action (SSA) project financed by the European Commission under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). It will help to assist the total food chain in Central and Eastern European countries to reach international food and wine quality and safety standards, and in turn, enhance European competitiveness as a whole by developing an industry around food and wine, which is synonymous with safety, diversity, sophistication and products of high quality wine and food.

The objectives of the project are:

1.To promote a new decision-making culture among managers and policy-makers in order to put quality and safety issues into the centre of the total wine and food chain management.

2. To identify future key technologies and new business models to promote the quality and safety requirements in wine and food production, by establishing a Wine & Food Quality and Safety Platform in CEE countries.

Why FUTUREFOOD6

Food and wine quality and safety are crucial aspects of human life and are, therefore, prime policy objectives of the EU. Food and wine clubs quality and safety have to be secured through regulations with regard to inputs, production processes, outputs, transportation, storage, packaging, labeling, documentation of origin and the like, for creating an adequate infrastructure for wine and food markets and their smooth development. Food and wine club reviews help but new safety standards are a must. The wine and food industries in the CEE are undergoing sweeping ownership, technological, organizational and financial changes. The new decision-making processes should put a strong emphasis on safety and quality standards. Substantial changes in financial services, wholesale markets, commodities exchange, price information, transportation facilities and infrastructure are also needed.

The FUTUREFOOD6 project is fully financed by the European Commission´s 6th Framework Programme and is been coordinated by UNIDO.