Quality and Safety of Fishery and Aquaculture Products (QUALIFISH)

Activity related with the quality and safety of fishery and aquaculture products. At present the main objective is centred a) in the design and development of strategies to reduce the risk of parasites present in seafood in terms of their viability and allergenicity, and b) in the development of methods to authenticate the treatments given to the fish to reduce this risk, or in the detection of fraude. The group members have been characterized for a high participation in international projects, so that around 50% of the competitive funds obtained by the group members came from international projects, mainly EU.