LGL President Walter Jonas (left) and TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann signing the cooperation agreement Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM
LGL President Walter Jonas ( left ) and TUM President Thomas F. Hofmann signing the cooperation agreement Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM - In the future, consumers in Bavaria will receive even better protection against food-related health risks. The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL) have established a joint professorship which will develop new analytic methods for food-science chemistry and promote their application in practical regulatory inspection. The corresponding agreement was signed in Munich on Thursday. Society places constantly growing expectations on food quality. Together with changes in dietary habits and globalized material flows, this trend continues to create new assignment areas in official foodstuff inspection. The future will thus see an even closer focus on food safety and authenticity, for example in terms of ecological production methods and geographic origin. TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann observed: "We intend the joint establishment of this professorship with the LGL to bring innovative analytical methods for the more efficient evaluation of food safety and authenticity to official foodstuff inspection practice.
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