Acronym
WASHTOP
Code
41M04522
Duration
04 April 2022 → 03 April 2024
Funding
European funding: various
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- (Waste)water treatment processes
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Food microbiology
- Post harvest technologies of plants, animals and fish (incl. transportation and storage)
Keywords
food microbiology
water quality
fruit
vegetables
herbes
vegetable/fruit processing industry
Project description
This tender main objective is to gain insights into the characteristics of the water and practices followed by the industry to maintain water quality used during the post-harvest handling and processing operations for fresh and frozen fruit, vegetables and herbs (ffFVHs). The information obtained should allow having an overview of different water quality scenarios in industry settings.