Presentation of the research programmes ACTIA centers cover the whole of the agro-alimentary sectors (meats, dairy products, produced sea, fruit and vegetables....) as well as the whole of the services to the food industrys including NUTRITION. ACTIA centers, with their 1200 wage-earnings including 120 doctors, 360 engineers and 600 technicians, take an active part in research in agro-alimentary and this with an objective of application of the research works in industry. ACTIA centers are taking  part in many research programs of which projects cofinanced by ACTIA. These projects utilize ACTIA centers in partnership with research laboratories (INRA, INSERM,…) and /or vocational organizations and /or industrials and /or institutionals (AFSSA,…).The main projects on the set of themes NUTRITION currently animated by ACTIA centers are: impact of technologieson nutritional qualities of food  Study of the influence of the treatments of conservation and transformation on the fatty acids of fish Nutritional composition of watery products Phytosterols :constitution of a table of composition of food. ACTIA centers' coordinators of these projects are at your disposal for any additional information.