Mirion Technologies is looking for partners to work on HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-01

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Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of chemical, biological and radiological threats to agricultural production, feed and food processing, distribution and consumption

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01-01

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Disaster-Resilient Society 2024 (HORIZON-CL3-2024-DRS-01)

ExpectedOutcome:
Projects’ results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes:

Increasing EU capabilities to assess risks, detect, alert, mitigate and respond to feed and food intentional and accidental contamination from chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) agents, through the entire food chains (soils and agro-production, feed and food industry, transporting, retail and hospitality industry, public catering);
Increasing the understanding on food terrorism threats and on food chain vulnerabilities to intentional and accidental contaminations;
Raising awareness among feed and food companies and authorities to CBR threats arising from malicious use of hazardous agents that pose danger to animal and public health. This should be done under the premises of feed and food as a critical infrastructure and risks pertaining therein;
In addition to raising awareness, proposals should develop possible preparedness, mitigation and response plans for national authorities and the private sector.
Scope:
Plant and animal health is of global importance for sustainable agriculture and competitive agriculture and forestry, as well as for the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems[1]. Globally, between 10 and 28 percent of crop production is lost to pests and contamination of food and feed by mycotoxins can severely threaten the health of humans and livestock. The International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) 2020, established by the United Nations, raised public and political awareness of the importance of plant health and a recent study (IPPC, 2021) calls the attention of policy makers to the main effects of climate change on plant health, helping governments and the international community addressing plant health challenges. Also, the food chain, from harvest of agricultural products, throughout processing, distribution and until consumption can be challenged by several (hybrid) threats, which are increasingly taking non-conventional forms and possibly targeting the agriculture and food chain with severe consequences.

The Word Health Organisation identified intentional agriculture attack with biological weapons and food contamination as one of the main global public health threats of the 21st century. The potential for terrorist attacks or other criminal actions against agri-food targets is increasingly recognised as a threat to international security. The population's health could be jeopardised by the manipulation of communicable diseases or the contamination of food, soil, air and drinking water by CBR agents. These risks have been studied and documented by a Network of excellence (Plant and Food Biosecurity) funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme (PLANTFOODSEC).

Please, visit the following page to get more information regarding this call: https://www.developmentaid.org/grants/view/1052079/prevention-detection-response-and-mitigation-of-chemical-biological-and-radiological-threats-to-agri?useNavigation=true