Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality

English

(694.3 KB - PDF)

Fraud in the context of food means that the description of the origin of food, how it has been obtained and/or prepared, and its composition shall be truthful, i.e. nothing of lesser economic value must be added, or removed if it is of higher economic value.

Find out more about the Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality

Topics:

Antifraud Quality Standard Food/Feed Knowledge

JRC Science Areas:

Health and Consumer Protection

Related Content

Videos | 6 Jul 2020
The science behind reliable COVID-19 testing
A reference material to ensure coronavirus tests don’t give a false negative result for someone who is infected with COVID-19 and 'Exit Scenarios' for the post-lockdown phase
Animations | 12 Feb 2020
ECIS - gathering cancer information
The European Cancer Information System collates cancer statistics from EU countries to improve prevention and care programmes.
Videos | 26 Jul 2019
Detecting pesticides in cucumbers
Pesticides are widely used in European agriculture but some can negatively affect human and ecosystem health. Certified Reference Materials are used to guarantee food safety.
Videos | 6 May 2019
Legal highs
EU scientists are working to analyse and identify synthetic drugs, in a fight against a rapidly-growing market.
Animations | 27 Feb 2019
Rare Disease Platform
About 30 million EU citizens are affected by more than 6000 different rare diseases and the information is spread between hundreds of registries at national and regional levels.