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Max Rubner Institute, Federal Research Institute of Nutrition and Food, (MRI), Karlsruhe Do functional foods have the desired effect? Are levels of persistent pollutants in fish and meat increasing or declining? How can food quality be enhanced and secured for the longer term ? These and many other issues are the focus of food and nutrition research conducted at the Max Rubner Institute (MRI). Microbiology is an important research field at MRI Research Focus A healthy diet, protecting consumer health in relation to food and improved food quality form the core of the research activities carried out at the Max Rubner Institute (MRI). Its work involves the identification and nutritional and physiological assessment of food ingredients which could impact on human health, research on environmentally sound and sustainable management and processing, quality assurance for plant and animal-based foods, and studies on nutritional behaviour. Cross-Product Research Focus ó Food and Health Questions regarding the health value of certain foods and of food components play an increasingly important role at the Max Rubner Institute. Its traditional research work includes studies on the nutritional and physiological effects of foods and substances contained in foods. This involves looking at the entire nutritional chain, from molecular to cellular level up to the individual as a whole. The findings are used to produce recommend-ations on how to eat healthily. ó Quality Assurance and Hygiene Ensuring food safety is of vital importance in protecting consumer health. Risks must be investigated and assessed by qualified scientists. One of the key tasks in hygiene research is to develop procedures to allow detection of microbial contamination. Describing, weighting and measuring quality traits are integral components of quality research, as is work carried out on the possible utilisation of beneficial microorganisms and on preventing the effects of harmful microorganisms. ó Food Handling and Processing The work performed at the Max Rubner Institute includes all kinds of food products to study the fundamental aspects of food handling and processing, both conventional and innovative. The production of safe food and quality products are the prime areas of focus. ó Desired and undesired substances Food safety and food quality are the goals in research on desired and undesired substances in food. This involves studies of the natural substances contained in food and on additives and contaminants. To assess food, in-depth analytical and sensory methods are developed for use in nutrition research, food analyses and food monitoring. In testing for undesired substances, for example, research is carried out to track their transfer from animal feed to meat and animal organs. ó Nutritional Behaviour Issues concerning nutritional behaviour are attracting more and more attention. The Max Rubner Institute looks, among other things, at factors that cause or foster overweight and obesity, nutritional deficiencies and nutrition-related diseases. Projects on nutritional behaviour in Germany, such as the National Nutrition Survey II (a nationwide study on eating habits in Germany) and the National Nutrition Monitoring Nationale Ernährungsmonitoring (a nationwide monitoring programme to assess nutritional behaviour) underline the key role played by MRI in Germany. Production Chain-Focused Research Ensuring, maintaining and, where possible and necessary, improving food safety and quality is also the aim of production chain-focused research at MRI. Equal importance is attached to making food production sustainable. Monitoring activities stretch the entire length of the food chain, from 12
MRI headquarters in Karlsruhe production or harvest through to the consumer. Research largely concentrates on the following product groups: ó Milk and dairy products, fish ó Meat, meat products and eggs ó Cereals, potatoes, oilseed and legumes ó Fruit and vegetables. Cooperation Activities Researchers at MRI are highly active in national and international research programmes. They are also represented at national and international committees and authorities such as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Many MRI scientists teach at universities and technical colleges. Structure The Max Rubner Institute comprises eight separate institutes, four of which investigate safety and quality according to product groups. The other four address interdisciplinary issues concerning nutrition and food. MRI currently has a workforce of 480, including 120 scientists. It also has a fluctuating number of third-party-funded positions. Along with its headquarters in Karlsruhe, the institute has sections in Kiel, Detmold and Kulmbach. The eight MRI institutes are as follows: 13 In Karlruhe: ó Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Nutrition ó Institute for Nutritional Behaviour ó Institute for Food and Bioprocess Engineering ó Institute for Safety and Quality of Fruit and Vegetables In Kiel: ó Institute for Microbiology and Biotechnology (partly still located in Kulmbach) ó Institute for Safety and Quality of Milk and Fish (some sections still located in Hamburg) In Detmold: ó Institute for Safety and Quality of Cereals (some sections still located in Münster) In Kulmbach: ó Institute for Safety and Quality of Meat ó MRI Max Ruber Institute, Federal Research Institute for Nutrition and Food Haid-und-Neu-Str. 9 | 76131 Karlsruhe | Germany Telephone: +49 (0)721 6625-0 Telefax: +49 (0)721 6625-111 E-mail: poststelle@mri.bund.de | www.mri.bund.de
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