Presentations and results of AFI 5 sessions
Anti-Fraud Initiative (AFI) North America Conference
October 11-12, 2010 in Cambridge, MA.
Organizers:
- National Cooperative Grocers Association (NCGA),
- United Natural Foods Inc (UNFI) and
- International Organic Accreditation Services (IOAS)
Presentations
Lessons from Overseas
Bo van Elzakker
Managing Director Tropical Agriculture, Louis Bolk Institute, The Netherlands
Introduction
elzakker_afi-5_2010.pdf
Beate Huber
Head of Development and Cooperation, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Switzerland
European Approaches to Improve the Organic Control System and Prevent Fraud
huber_afi-5_2010.pdf
Jochen Neuendorff
GfRS Society for Resource Conservation, Germany
Fraud Cases in Europe and Overseas:
Lessons learned for the riskmanagement in the organic inspection system
neuendorff_afi-5_2010.pdf
The North American Situation
Robert Simmons
Senior Partner, International Certification Services, Medina, ND
Organic Fraud in North America
http://webbrain.com/u/11T5
Michael Sumner
Partner, Sustainable Business Services, Minneapolis, MN
Investigation of Asset Misappropriation Schemes
http://webbrain.com/u/11TL
The Sherlock Program
Ken Commins
Executive Director, International Organic Accreditation Service, Dickinson, North Dakota
The Sherlock Programm
sherlock-program_afi-5_2010.pdf
USDA ORGANIC
Miles McEvoy
USDA Deputy Administrator
Presentation of the National Organic Program
USDA_afi-5_2010.pdf
Workshop Results