Assuring safety and quality along the food chain --; Methodologies for improved quality control assessment of food products --; Application of microwaves for on-line quality assessment --; Ultrasounds for quality assurance --; NMR for food quality and traceability --; Electronic nose for quality and safety control --; Rapid microbiological methods in food diagnostics --; Molecular technologies for detecting and characterizing pathogens --; DNA-based detection of GM ingredients --; Protein-based detection of GM ingredients --; Immunodiagnostic technology and its applications --; Rapid liquid chromatographic techniques for detection of key (bio)chemical markers --; Sampling procedures with special focus on automatization --; Data processing --; Data handling --; The market for diagnostic devices in the food industry.