Fresh and safe foods?

Today’s consumers have high demands regarding their food. They appreciate convenient products with a natural taste and a fresh-like quality. At the same time they expect the food is safe. An enormous challenge for the food industry!

NIZO focuses on control of food safety issues in food production chains and provides trouble shooting, methods to detect contaminants and predictive models for quantitative risk assessment. On the other hand, new opportunities for preservation are studied to extend shelf-life of products and support innovation.

NIZO tools and expertise enable the food industry to keep the balance between freshness and safety.


Key-words: hygienic processing, bacterial spores, spoilage, pathogens, residues, contaminants, off-flavours, heat inactivation, micro technology, preservation, hurdle technology, fouling, cleaning, disinfection, shelf-life prediction, molecular diagnostics, PCR, risk assessment, quality assurance, dairy