Beneris (project)

Beneris (Benefit-Risk Assessment for Food: an Iterative Value-of-Information Approach) is a EU-funded research project for years 2006-2009. It is co-funded by the Sixth Framework Programme of Research of the European Union, Food Quality and Safety Thematic Priority ([1]). The project website is [www.beneris.eu].

Objectives

The general objective of this proposal is to create a framework for handling complicated benefit-risk situations, and apply it for analysis of the benefits and risks of certain foods. The first food commodity to be used in the development of the methodology is fish.

Objectives in developing benefit-risk analysis methods:

• To develop Bayesian belief networks (BBN) to handle complicated benefit-risk situations, and to develop a decision support system (DSS) based on BBN.
• To develop improved methods for dose-response assessment, combining epidemiological and toxicological data, and apply them in combining epidemiological and toxicological information on fish contaminants (esp. dioxins and PCBs).
• To develop an integrated repository of surveillance, nutrient and food consumption data that is capable of receiving, analyzing, and disseminating the accumulated data for benefit-risk analysis and to key stakeholders.

Participants

• National Public Health Institute (KTL), Finland, Dr. Jouni Tuomisto,
• Delft University of Technology (TUDelft), Netherlands, Prof. Roger Cooke
• Oy Foodfiles Ltd (FFiles), Finland, Henna Karvonen, nutritionist
• Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), Ireland, Dr. Iona Pratt
• Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark, Dr. Ole Ladefoged
• Food Safety Authority of Denmark (FVST), Denmark, Dr. Kim Petersen
• Lendac Ltd (Lendac), Ireland, Don Lehane, computer analyst
• Fundación Privada para la Investigación Nutricional (FIN), Spain, Prof. Lluis Serra-Majem

For more information:
Jouni Tuomisto, academy researcher
KTL (National Public Health Institute)
Kuopio, Finland. email: jouni.tuomisto[at]ktl.fi

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