CECs(Bio)Sensing

The presence of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs; antibiotics, hormones, analgesics, psychiatric and anti-inflammatory drugs) in fishery products has being increasingly recognized as a food safety issue and public health threat. (Bio)sensors give a way of simplifying monitoring and, when coupled with the remarkable characteristics of anomaterials/nanoelectronics, highly selective portable (bio)sensing platforms can be developed. Thus, this project proposes to develop, validate and apply innovative portable (bio)sensing platforms for CECs quantification in fishery commodities and waters. Other two main aims of this project are: from a public health perspective, to provide consumers, governmental authorities and risk managers with better knowledge of CECs contamination problems in high-value fishery commodities; from an environmental point of view, to contribute to the protection and sustainable management of natural resources (fish and shellfish, but also waters and ecosystems).