1. Institute of Food Bioresources Bucharest, www.bioresurse.ro

3. Institute of Food Bioresources Bucharest, www.bioresurse.ro Services: laboratory analyses, production, certification services, notification food supplements, consultancy. The incomes

6. Institute of Food Bioresources Bucharest, www.bioresurse.ro Micotoxins by ELISA and HPLC (DON, ZON, OTA, AFLA, FUM, PAT); Heavy metals from food and packages; Migration tests (packaging) Nitrates; Dioxins detection; Microbiological tests; Food authenticity by Electronic Nose; GMOs detection by ELISA and RT-PCR; HACCP certifying body. FOOD SAFETY and TRACEABILITY

7. Institute of Food Bioresources Bucharest, www.bioresurse.ro Researchers trained in different European research units (UK, The Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Spain etc.) or USA (IOWA); Proficiency testing: for GMOs, microbiology and mycotoxins - GeMMA, FEPAS and FAPAS Programs, organized by Central Science Laboratory (CSL) from UK; - for heavy metals - Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture National Reference Laboratory, Departament for Supervising and Authorization, Czech Republic - Programmes UKZUZ ( Jaroslava Srnkova ) Expertise and competence

8. Institute of Food Bioresources Bucharest, www.bioresurse.ro 4 proiects in HACCP and food safety along food chain (1 in traditional food); 6 projects in pack a ging and heavy metals ( AAS, UV-VIS ); 5 projects in micotoxins – ELISA and HPLC ; 2 projects in GMOs – ELISA and RT – PCR; 1 project in dioxins and furans ( GC-MS-MS ). ……… .. 6 pilot studies in Hygiene in Food Companies organized by VTT Finland National Projects in Food Safety issues - since 2005

9. Institute of Food Bioresources Bucharest, www.bioresurse.ro IBA has been involved in: 3 FP5 projects; 6 FP6 projects; 2 FP7 projects; 2 Leonardo da Vinci projects (Foodsafe and Sensorial); 2 Eureka project and 2 bilateral projects with Greece and the Netherlands, 3 with Bulgaria, 1 with Moldova. Within IBA is active BioNCP for 2nd theme. 2 researchers from IBA are members of Committee Program within FP7. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

10. Institute of Food Bioresources Bucharest, www.bioresurse.ro EUROAGRI Food Chain IBA is the initiator of Romanian National Platform “Food for Life” – project FOOD4LIFERO 12.09.2007; Member of different professional associations; IBA represents by National Delegate, ICC (International Association of Cereal Science and Technology). Member of international networks Food force SafeConsortium INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION