The FQRC increases the fundamental knowledge about populations of organisms used as food and develops new analytical tools to perform traceability. We assess the quality and authenticity of foods, to improve and support the confidence of consumers, food industry, business operators and regulators.
Challenges are faced from an interdisciplinary perspective, gathering specialized scientists in Food Quality, Animal and Aquaculture Production, Ecology and Conservation Genetics from different faculties from University of Chile (Agronomical Sciences, Sciences and Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences).
We use novel techniques to study genetic diversity, population structure and to develop analytical tools to control and validate the administrative traceability systems, verifying the veracity of the labeling information, standards compliance and law enforcement.