Workshop AFI 4 in Brussels
This meeting on 2009-12-02 followed up on earlier meetings in Bonn, Frick (CH), Amsterdam, Hamburg and Bologna. It brought together traders, certification bodies and authorities to exchange information, and come to better practices and better cooperation to reduce the incidence of fraud and irregularities in the organic trade in and into the European market.
The meeting informed about and discussed the certifiers- and traders- Codes of Conduct, reported about achievements since AFI 3 in Italy and results from the scientific organic food authentication workshop. The presentations focused on the effectiveness and relevance of pesticide testing, the role of authorities for prevention of fraud, on a private sector integrity program and proposals on how to continue with AFI.