PPS 6
Authenticity and Traceability of PDO and IGP fruits and cheeses
To investigate and develop methodologies to allow the clarification of the origin and quality of food products and to provide information on authenticity and traceability
Global objectives
Specific objectives:
Results
Development of studes based on Maçã de Alcobaça PGI and Pera Rocha do Oeste PDO:
- Contribution for the development of technologies which allow the identification of analytical elements to certify that a specific fruit is from a certified originin, even after being processed.
- Participation in the creation of an integrated rastreability platform to allow the final consumer to access, through the label, the origin of the specific fruit used in that product, its producer and its region of provenance
- Based on the obtained results by the diverse analytical techniques, it was possible to discriminate the target products, Pera Rocha do Oeste PDO, Maçã de Alcobaça var. Golden Delicious PGI and Queijo Serra da Estrela PDO from the control products.
- These results will be important for the definition of an analytical fingerprint which may be used in schemes for the determination of the authenthicity of some products.
- It was developed the rastreability platform, with a diverse number of valences which regarding all the value chain, from the producer to the final consumer.
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