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The Biofilm Alliance focuses on four broad industry areas, where biofilms pose significant challenges:
•	 Industrial Processes: Addressing the impact of biofilms on manufacturing efficiency and contamination risks.
•	 Water Systems: Tackling biofilm formation in drinking water, wastewater 
treatment, wet leisure, and industrial water applications.
•	 Food: Managing biofilm risks in food production, processing, storage, and packaging.
•	 Built Environment: Understanding and mitigating the impact of biofilms in buildings and infrastructure.
KEY OBJECTIVES
•	 Data Collection and Gap Analysis in biofilm-related regulations through surveys, interviews, and workshops 
focusing on four key sectors: Industrial Processes, Water Systems, Food and the Build Environment.	
•	 Development of an Expertise Register to connect regulatory and industry stakeholders with biofilm experts.
•	 Creation of a catalogue of regulatory tools to support regulatory decision-making.
•	 Provision of training modules and educational resources to support innovation and compliance.
•	 Working closely with UK regulators to address regulatory challenges and improve biofilm-related standards.
•	 Producing comprehensive reports and active participation in regulatory discussions, 
with the aim to shape policies that support biofilm innovation.

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