ISPA - Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (Institute of Sciences of Food Production of National Research Council of Italy)

The Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA-CNR) is a centre of excellence, worldwide renowned, acting in the fields of scientific research, innovation and technology transfer aimed to improve safety and quality of agro-food products. By creating synergistic actions between scientific research and production sectors with the transfer of scientific knowledge, ISPA-CNR fosters technological innovation paths of small, medium and large national and foreign agro-food enterprises. In particular, in the field of food and feed safety, innovative methodologies for detection of mycotoxins, toxigenic fungi, microbial pathogens and allergens in cereals, wine, pasta, milk, baby foods, dried fruits, are being developed in national and international projects.