IMPreSA - Metrological Infrastructure for Food Safety since February 2021, is an emerging and innovative institution which is aimed at companies and consumers by developing research activities and metrological services in support of safe and sustainable food.

The infrastructure is able to:

• Provide scientific expertise, analytical instrumentation and metrological support for the control and development of food packaging materials;
• Verify compliance with national and international regulations concerning the safety of food contact materials;
• Verify food safety;
• Provide support for the drafting and implementation of innovative research projects.

IMPreSA has been funded with the contribution of the Regional Operational Programme “Investments for the growth and employment” F.E.S.R. 2014/2020 - ACTION I.1a.5.1 “Support for research infrastructure considered critical/crucial for regional systems”.

1. Control and safety: determination of unintentionally added substances to the packaging material (NIAS, Non-Intentionally Added Substances) and their possible food migration;
2. Development of active and intelligent packaging: increase the shelf-life of products and ensure their food safety.

• Determination of antioxidant and antibacterial properties;
• Detection of food fraud;
• Development and validation of analytical methods;
• Migration test for food packaging;
• Analysis of proteins, peptides and metabolites;
• Analysis by spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques.

• NMR 600 MHz - Nuclear Magnetic resonance spectrometer with lock system on 2H and 19F allows to obtain the fingerprint of food and beverages.
• UHPLC-HRMS - High Resolution Mass Spectrometer (280k at m/z 200) coupled to a High performance liquid chromatography system; an hybrid quadrupole-Orbitrap technology-based platform, for identification and quantification of organic molecules.
• UHPLC-MS/MS - Triple quadrupole mass spectrometer coupled to a high-performance liquid chromatography system for the determination and quantification of contaminants in traces.
• AF4 - Asymmetric Flow Field Flow Fractionation helpful for separation and characterization of nanoparticles.
• SP-ICP-MS - Single particle-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer. System useful for the quantification of individual inorganic nanoparticles, the characterization and quantification of elements in traces with the aid of high resolution.
• GC/EA IRMS - Mass spectrometer with isotopic resolution coupled to gas chromatography. Instrumentation for isotopic analysis to support studies on the origin and sophistication of food.

• Autonomous employment by external users;
• Employment by external users assisted by internal technical staff;
• Service provided by internal sta (without intervention by external users).

• Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM);
• Istituto per la Protezione Sostenibile delle Piante (CNR-IPSP);
• Istituto Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (CNR-ISPA);
• Centro di Ricerca Viticoltura Enologia di Asti (CREA-VE);
• Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta (IZSTO).

• INRiM, Strada delle Cacce, 91 Torino;
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche ISPA e IPSP, Area di Ricerca di Torino, Strada delle Cacce, 73 Torino;
• Centro di Ricerca Viticoltura-Enologia di Asti (CREA-VE), via Pietro Micca, 35 Asti;
• Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta (IZSTO) via Bologna, 148 Torino.