Authenticity of Food – ILSI Europe

Establishing the first all-inclusive solution kit to ensure food authenticity

Objectives

The Task Force aims at assessing existing solutions to develop a guidance document for an integrated and holistic approach. This guide will help increase the effectiveness of food fraud detection, and prevent and minimise health hazards.

Impact

The Task Force collaborates with organisations leading the global efforts in ensuring food authenticity both in Europe and North America.

For more detailed information, please contact Nevena Hristozova at nhristozova@ilsieurope.be or Adam Coventry at acoventry@ilsieurope.be

Task Force Members


Dr Neil Buck – Chair	General Mills	Corporate Toxicologist	CH
Dr Bert Pöpping – Co-Chair	Independent Consultant	Managing Director	DE
Dr Simon Kelly	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)	Food Safety Specialist	AT
Dr Michael Menzel	Südzucker Group	Manager Product Safety	DE
Mr Samim Saner	Institut Mérieux (Mérieux NutriSciences)	Corporate Scientific Director	TR
Ms Nevena Hristozova	ILSI Europe	Scientific Project Manager/Communications Assistant	BE

Expert Groups

Guidance Document Towards Food Authenticity

Background & Objectives

This Expert Groups is addressing the current lack of an integrated approach by endorsing analytical, regulatory, traceability, risk assessment and management, and defence aspects of food protection.

The objective is also to minimise the risk of food fraud by establishing appropriate tools:

vulnerability assessment;
available intelligence;
analytical methods and devices.

Output

A peer-reviewed publication will summarise the findings, giving an overview of the existing approaches to ensure consumer safety and product authenticity.

It is expected that the publication will be accompanied by a guidance document useful for all stakeholders.

Expert Group Members

Guidance Document Towards Food Authenticity


Dr Bert Pöpping – Chair	Independent Consultant	Managing Director	DE
Prof. Paul Brereton	Queens University Belfast	Director of Strategic Alliances	UK
Dr Neil Buck	General Mills	Corporate Toxicologist	CH
Dr Steven Gendel	USP	Senior Science Manager	US
Dr Simon Kelly	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)	Food Safety Specialist	AT
Dr Michael Menzel	Südzucker Group	Manager Product Safety	DE
Dr Sandra Mourinha Chaves	University of Lisbon	Associate Professor	PT
Mr Samim Saner	Institut Mérieux (Mérieux NutriSciences)	Corporate Scientific Director	TR
Dr John Spink	Michigan State University	Director & Assistant Professor	US
Ms Nevena Hristozova	ILSI Europe	Scientific Project Manager/ Communications Assistant	BE

Multimedia

Authenticity of Food Task Force – One-pager
The Authenticity of Food Task Force in a nutshell, an introductory video*
* The video was developed on the occasion of the Annual Symposium