Monte Carlo project

The Monte Carlo project was a research project carried out within the Fifth Framework Programme FP5 of the EU Commission between 2000 and 2003. It was aimed at developing, validating and applying probabilistic modelling of human exposure to food chemicals and nutrients. The project used the nondeterministic approach of the Monte Carlo method to assess human exposure to food chemicals and nutrients.

Participants
The following seven European institutions participated in the project:


 * Institute for European Food Studies, TCD, Ireland
 * CREMe Software / Trinity Centre for High Performance Computing TCHPC, Ireland
 * National Research Institute for Food and Nutrition INRAN, Italy
 * Dutch State Institute for Quality Control of Agriculture RIKILT, The Netherlands
 * Dutch Food and Nutrition Research Institute TNO, The Netherlands
 * Institute of Human Nutrition IOHN, United Kingdom
 * Gobierno Vasco, Spain

Achievements
The Monte Carlo project developed a software program used for probabilistic modelling of chemical food intake. Data sets used to perform probabilistic risk assessments were collected. The research results of the project enable European and US government agencies, universities and R&D departments of food companies to use validated and peer-reviewed exposure models for food chemicals and nutrients.