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Climate change and food security have become interrelated research priorities around the world. Indeed, climate change will cause increases in temperature and relative humidity, this will have an impact on microbial contaminants: bacteria and molds that have not developed or only little until then will be able to do so.
To meet the challenge of the European Union to double food production by 2050 (to meet the demand of the population) while managing the impact of climate change on food safety, it is necessary to invest in research, and particularly in the training of young researchers.
The ITN (Innovative Training Networks) PROTECT (PRedictive mOdelling Tools to evaluate the Effects of Climate change on food safeTy) project will start in April 2019. 8 doctoral students will be trained in modeling with the acquisition of skills as varied as quantitative risk assessment, food processes, life cycle analyzes, decision support.
UMR SECALIM will be the leader of a work package aimed at reducing the risks of contamination by mycotoxins and microorganisms in dairy products. The unit will also be in charge of the supervision of a phD student working on models for the quantitative assessment of microbial exposure, from raw materials to consumption, of non-refrigerated dairy products. Finally, UMR SECALIM will co-supervise a thesis work aimed at developing a multi-objective decision support system integrating health safety, food quality, sustainability of the food industry and its competitiveness, the environmental impact of production / consumption practices.

Partners: The project is led by Enda Cummins of the University College of Dublin. It includes 6 academic partners (all from Erasmus and Erasmus + projects conducted together), 6 industrial partners and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).