A team from the Department of Bromatology at the Medical University of Gdańsk is conducting research on the quality and safety of food and food supplements in terms of the content of bioactive, mineral and toxic components, such as arsenic, cadmium and mercury (in cooperation with the Department of Analytical Chemistry at Gdańsk University of Technology), and microplastics (cooperation with a research group under the supervision of Prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, Ph.D. Eng. from Gdańsk University). The unit has also undertaken research on evaluating the quality of food supplements in accordance with the requirements of US Pharmacopoeia in the absence of Polish and European regulations.