Events, documents & useful links

Events

2019 (December) – Brussels: conference “Smarter rules for safer food and plant health”
2018 (March) - Edinburgh: First Conference of Food Standards Scotland on Fresh Thinking on Food
2017 (October) - Dublin: Safeguarding the Food Chain - Protecting Authenticity and Integrity
2017 (June) - Berlin: BVL/European Commission, JRC Congress on Food Fraud
2017 (May) - Parma: Food Integrity 2017 Conference
2017 (April) - Québec: Conference Food Fraud - Global Understanding
2014 (October) - Rome: Conference on Food Fraud "A Joint effort to ensure the safety and integrity of our food"
2012 (February) - Brussels: Conference Combating Food-related Crime

Council conclusions on the next steps how to better tackle and deter fraudulent practices in the agrifood chain (16 December 2019)
Council Conclusions on the role of law enforcement cooperation in combating food crime
European Parliament's own initiative report on "the food crisis, fraud in the food chain and the control thereof"
Council conclusions on setting the EU's priorities for the fight against serious and organised crime between 2014 and 2017
In the wake of the horse meat scandal in February 2013, the Commission proposed a 5-point Action Plan, which included specific action directed at the issue at hand as well as longer term objectives.
New training on new investigation/control techniques (fraud and internet sales) under the Better Training for Safer Food Initiative