“Food Fraud - a systematic approach for official investigation”

The Conference took place in Brussels on 27. & 28.05.2025 at the: 
Representation of the State of North Rhine Westphalia to the European Union 
Rue Montoyer 47 – 1000 Brussels, Program (click here to download)

TOPICS

• Food fraud in the organic sector
• Residues as an indicator for (organic) food fraud?
• Vade Mecum in action: Case studies on official investigations
• Best practices for official investigations

Presentations

Welcome notes
Rainer Steffen – Representation of North-Rhine Westfalia
Doris Pick – Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
Saskia van Ruth – University of Dublin (presentation)

Commission actions in the fight against fraud in organics
Henri Delanghe – European Commission DG AGRI B4

From the Investigation bible …. to the X commandments
Nicolas Verlet

SESSION 1: RESIDUES AS INDICATORS FOR (ORGANIC) FOOD FRAUD

Some examples for exemplary active ingredients and their relevance
Tom Nizet – Authent GmbH

Good (and bad) approaches for official investigations: A reality check
Amaia Aldana – IOAS (presentation)
Sergiy Galashevskyy – Organic Standard Ltd. (presentation)
Jochen Neuendorff – GfRS mbH (presentation)

SESSION 2: Vademecum in action 

SESSION 3: IMPLEMENTING SYSTEMATIC OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS TO DETECT (ORGANIC) FOOD FRAUD

Focus on critical non-compliances, in particular use and commingling
Nicolas Verlet

Case study related to fraud
Jochen Neuendorff – GfRS mbH
Herman Van Boxem