JRC workshop on organic food authentication, Geel, Belgium
30 November 2009 - 30 November 2009
Belgium
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is organising a workshop entitled 'Organic food authentication: challenge or utopia?' from 30 November to 1 December in Geel, Belgium.
The rapid development of organic agriculture and the ever-increasing demand for organic products means new challenges for the international organic food certification and guarantee systems. At present, monitoring and controlling organic produce is still difficult. For example, scientists can only test for what should not be there (e.g. chemical pesticide residues).
In this context, the development of a strategy to authenticate organic food products would be meaningful for certification and inspection systems. By bringing together the main groups working in the field, this workshop will present a balanced overview of the latest research in this topic.For further information, please visit:
http://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/html/events/events/organic.htm(opens in new window)
The rapid development of organic agriculture and the ever-increasing demand for organic products means new challenges for the international organic food certification and guarantee systems. At present, monitoring and controlling organic produce is still difficult. For example, scientists can only test for what should not be there (e.g. chemical pesticide residues).
In this context, the development of a strategy to authenticate organic food products would be meaningful for certification and inspection systems. By bringing together the main groups working in the field, this workshop will present a balanced overview of the latest research in this topic.For further information, please visit:
http://irmm.jrc.ec.europa.eu/html/events/events/organic.htm(opens in new window)