Departments    Industrial Analysis    Nutrition and Dietetic unit     Director:   Oriol Rizo      WORKING AREAS CONSULTANCY AND ASSESSMENT - - Food technology       - Process engineering       - Product engineering       - Food product labeling       - Nutritional labeling       - Durability and sell by date in food products       - Food components: essential nutrients, additives and         preservatives       - Fat and oil stability - Food safety       - Selfcontrol systems based on HACCP       - Food safety management systems: ISO22000:2005       - IFS, BRC, EUREPGAP standars       - Risk and hazard studies       - Traceability       - Allergen management       - Genetically modified organisms (GMO) - Quality management (Quality assurance)       - Quality management systems: ISO9001:2000       - Tourist Quality Q Trademark - Food industry quality control tools: application of new   biotechnologies (immunology, biology, molecular genetics)       - Allergen determination       - PCR pathogen determination (24-48 h)       - Microorganism determination (bacterial, fungal and yeast)         by DNA sequencing       - GMO (Genetically modified organism) and transgenic         product determination       - Mycotoxin determination       - Marine Biotoxin determination: diarrhoeic shellfish         poisoning (DSP)       - Antibiotic residue determination       - Hormone determination       - Taxonomic origin of biological samples from raw and         manufactured material (fraud detection) - Installations Hygiene design       - Design consultancy on new installation building or         rehabilitation plans       - Structural solutions, materials, equipments, technologies,         etc. - Food safety legislation - Health and Nutrition       - Catering: School Refectories, residence halls, company         canteens (risk management, labour optimisation)       - Diet-therapy: Hospital centres AUDITS AND SURVEILANCE - - Internal audits - Supplier audits - Health and hygene audits: Good Manufacturing practices,   handling, installations, selfcontrol systems - Quality Management system audits and/or food safety - Thirdparty acting for weight, quantity, product double-checking   procedures in import/export, insurance, etc. FOOD SAFETY TRAINING - - Food handling training programes* - Specialised courses: HACCP supervisors and technicians, quality   and food safety management systems, food microbiology, etc. - Company training programmes - On-site training - Training efficiency evaluation through audits - *Laboratorio de análsis Dr. Echevarne is recognized like training organization of food manipulators in Catalunya, Andalucía, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Galicia, Illes Balears, Madrid, Murcia and País Valencià. Ind. Microbiology Analytical Chemistry Nutrition Biological Toxicity     Assaigs Image Analysis Environment