Food fraud has high economic costs, as well as a negative impact on the reputation of honest food providers and consumer trust in genuine quality food, not to mention their health.  

How can we be sure of the quality and authenticity of our spices and prevent fraud on expensive spices such as saffron or powders that can be more easily falsified? 

Finding it hard to navigate and make sense of available knowledge? The European Commission's Knowledge Centres can help you.

Your fingerprint is unique. To capture the uniqueness of your fingerprint even better JRC has developed a 3D touchless laser model that is even more secure.

The Competence Centre on Modelling promotes a responsible, coherent and transparent use of modelling to underpin the evidence base for EU policies

EDGAR is a global database of human emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollution on earth

The EU cares about you, European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer ensures quality care no matter where you live.

With water shortages a growing problem around the world, recycling waste water has become increasingly important. EU scientists have come up with a cheap and efficient tool.

Most of the food we buy is packed in plastic, metal or other fabricated materials which make it easy to store and transport but how can we be sure food packaging is safe for our health?