Dealing with Frauds in Organic Production - Report

European workshop for prevention of fraud,  held October 2-3, 2007, at FiBL in 5070 Frick, Switzerland

Summary

• Bo van Elzakker
  European Workshop for Prevention of Fraud –  Summary of the Presentations and Discussion

Presentations

• Gabriela Wyss, FIBL, CH
  Experience with assessment of residues and analysis of frauds
  
• Stefan Schönenberger, Federal Department of Economic Affairs, CH
  Food surveillance & the organic control system
  
• Jochen Neuendorff, GfRS, D
  Fraud in organics: Risk analysis
  
• Ken Commins, IOAS, USA
  The IOAS retail supply chain program
  
• RASO (Rapid Alert System Organic)

Documents discussed during the workshop and finalized afterwards:

• Code of conduct for certifiers: paper still in progress, for further information please contact Jochen Neuendorf (jochen.neuendorff@gfrs.de) or Keith Ball (kball@soilassociation.org)
  
• Code of conduct for traders: paper still in progress, for further information please contact Bo van Elzakker (b.vanelzakker@agroeco.nl) or Toni Sellers (t.sellers@tuchel-com.de)
  
• “What authorities and accreditation bodies can do to prevent fraud”: paper still in progress, for further information please contact Beate Huber (beate.huber@fibl.org) or Lianne Kersbergen (m.c.kersbergen@minlnv.nl)

Working papers prepared prior the workshop

• What certifiers can do (draft by Keith Ball)
• What the trade can do
• What authorities and supervisory bodies can do

FiBL Contact

Beate Huber

Press release  'More Security in the Organic Certification'