Quality Control and Food Safety


Innovative Analytical Methodologies Control
of Quality and Food Safety

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AWARDS:

 

Product of the year award by the range of detection and removal of biofilms

Participant: Belén Orgaz and Carmen San José (CSIC-AI Group)

Prize awarded to the product of the year by the range of detection and removal of biofilms, within the Congress of hygiene and cleaning professional for two patents, currently in exploitation by Betelgeux SL company.

(Award Ceremony)

 

 

 

UNED CHANNEL:

Radio program broadcast on Mar 5, 2013 (Radio 3)

Science Magazine: Analisyc Program-II.

 

Participants:

Pilar Fernández Hernando (UNED)
María José González Carlos (CSIC)
Carmen Cámara Rica (UCM)
María Luisa Marina Alegre (UAH)

Synopsis:
Analisyc II is a research programme funded by the community of Madrid in which participates the Open University and other universities (UCM, Alcalá, King Juan Carlos, CSIC) research centers and addressing most current aspects related to control the safety and quality of food, including new issues raised in recent years and new challenges to achieve based on the achievements (in the first phase of the program). Its goal is to get foods that do not pose health risks and more healthful.
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NEWS RELEASE:

 

Title article: Researchers from the University of Alcalá identified peptides antioxidants

Participant: Dr. Mª Luisa Marina (Universidad Alcalá de Henares)

Researchers from the University of Alcalá have identified peptides with antioxidant activity in olive stones. This research is funded by the Ministry of education, youth and sport and involved more than 40 researchers from the Superior Council of scientific research, University Rey Juan Carlos and the National University, along with several companies of the food industry.

 

madrid.org website: Released July 23, 2013

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Title article: Researchers from the University of Alcalá developed a new method to evaluate the quality of fertilizer products

Participant: Dr. Mª Luisa Marina (Universidad Alcalá de Henares)

An analytical method developed by a group of researchers from the University of Alcalá in collaboration with Bioiberica S.A. allows you to control the quality of different fertilizers based on hydrolysates of proteins.

 

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Title article: Promising results in investigations of analytical chemistry

Participant: Dr. Mª Isabel Sierra (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

Dr. Isabel Sierra, Professor of analytical chemistry of the URJC, published together with the also Professor Damián Pérez article entitled "Heavy metal complexation on hybrid mesoporous silicas: An approach to analytical applications", the prestigious journal of Chemical Society Reviews of the Royal Society of Chemistry - second magazine in the category Chemistry, Multidisciplinary with a rate of 28.76 JCR impact - has included in the monograph devoted to mesoporous materials special. In this publication include a review of the most important research papers related to the advancement of analytical chemistry in relation to the development and application of new materials, which include the silica mesoporous hybrid that are currently working.

 

Madri+d website: Released May 20, 2013

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Title article: Two researchers from the UAH will attend the 63rd Nobel Prizes of Chemistry Meeting

Participants: Dr. Laura Sánchez Hernández

On March 1, the Lindau Foundation and Council Lindau definitely selected 10 candidates who will attend the next meeting Lindau of Nobel prizes, which include two candidates presented by the University of Alcalá: Sandra García Gallego and Laura Sánchez Hernández.

 

Digital newspaper of the UAH: posted on March 14, 2013

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Title article: Silicas for the analysis of environmental pollution

Participants: Dr. Isabel Sierra

Researchers of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) make a review of the most important research articles in the advancement of analytical chemistry, in relation to the development of new mesostructured materials, and the study of its application for the adsorption of heavy metals such as mercury, lead or cadmium. The article is public in Chemical Society Reviews, one of the highest impact journals.

 

Madri+d website: Released Jan 28, 2013

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Title article: A natural product eliminates two of food carcinogens

Participants: Dr. Francisco José Morales

A team of researchers from the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) has patented a product that reduces by 80% the formation of acrylamide in some foods and 98% of hydroxymethylfurfural, two potentially carcinogenic compounds

 

CSIC website: Released May 18, 2011

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La Razón website: Released May 18, 2011

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Cadena Ser website: Released May 18, 2011

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ABC website: Released May 18, 2011

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Telecinco News website: Released May 18, 2011

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Title article: How to get healthier and healthier

Participants: ANALISYC-II consortium

Since the program began in January 2010, have addressed issues related to safety and quality of food, constituting two distinct blocks, with a common bond, such as getting healthier foods

 

Madri+d website: Released March 21, 2011

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Title article: New markers of adulteration in olive oils

Participants: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH)

A research group at the University of Alcalá, develops an analytical procedure by capillary electrophoresis that allows suggest a betaine as a marker of adulteration in olive oils with seed oils.

 

Madri+d website: Released March 7, 2011

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Universia news website: Released March 21, 2011

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Blog Alimentarnos.com

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Press review for professionals. Daily news on olive oil: Released March 11, 2011

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Olivet Blog World: Released March 8, 2011

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SYNC: Information Services and Science News: Released March 7, 2011

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General Foundation of the University of Alcalá

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Title article: Patented one preceding the detection of adulteration in olive oils

Participants: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH)

The current legislation expressly forbids the mixture of olive oil with seed or other oil or grease. Hence the importance of developing simple and inexpensive analytical strategies for determining possible adulteration

 

Cataluña Vanguardista website: Released March 7, 2011

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Title article: UAH scientists designed a system to detect adulteration in olive oil

Participants: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Alcalá de Henares (UAH)

The most common method of adulteration is mixing the olive oil with sunflower and soybean oils, much cheaper.

 

Infaoliva news website: Released March 8, 2011

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Local portal: Released March 21, 2011

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Title article: Adsorption of heavy metals in nanostructured silica

Participants: Laboratory of Electrochemistry and URJC Separation Techniques - Department of Inorganic and Analytical

 

Website Madri+d: Released June 21, 2010

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Sync: News and Information Service scientific: Released June 22, 2010

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AECC: Spanish Association of Scientific Communication.

madridiario.es

infoambiental.es

 

 

 

UNED CHANNEL:

Radio program broadcast on May 18, 2010

Science Magazine: Analisyc Program-II.

 

Participants:

Pilar Fernández Hernando (UNED)
María José González Carlos (CSIC)
Yolanda Madrid Albarrán (UCM)
María Luisa Marina Alegre (UAH)

Synopsis:
Analisyc-II is a program consisting of several working groups that seeks to develop new methods of analysis for a fast and reliable control of the adequacy and quality of food from the place of production until they reach the consumer. UNED involved in this project along with three other universities in the Community of Madrid.
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