Monthly news about current information regarding food safety and food fraud prevention
Published on 18 May 2020
Slovenia
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About this good practice
In Chamber of Agricultural and Food Enterprises (Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia) we consistently follow relevant information on food safety and food fraud for our members, that are mainly food safety companies. We are members of FoodDrinkEurope, which makes us up to date about policy changes in Brussels. FoodDrinkEurope is a horizontal food association, with purpose to inform their members about all relevant information. The information about certain issues are very detailed and focused. They provide us relevant information regarding food fraud examples and mitigation measures.
Everyday we receive important information about policy changes, latest documents regarding different topics, meeting reports, new guidelines… We are also participating in meetings, which cover different topics, including food safety, quality and food fraud area. In order to keep our members updated and to save their time, we are sending them monthly news with abstracts (and links to full articles) about food safety, food fraud, nutrition, labelling and agriculture policy issues.
Joint research centre publishes monthly report about cases of food fraud in different food groups. In this portal we can find very interesting information, that are useful for our members, especially when they are preparing vulnerability assessment and mitigation plan for their products.
Everyday we receive important information about policy changes, latest documents regarding different topics, meeting reports, new guidelines… We are also participating in meetings, which cover different topics, including food safety, quality and food fraud area. In order to keep our members updated and to save their time, we are sending them monthly news with abstracts (and links to full articles) about food safety, food fraud, nutrition, labelling and agriculture policy issues.
Joint research centre publishes monthly report about cases of food fraud in different food groups. In this portal we can find very interesting information, that are useful for our members, especially when they are preparing vulnerability assessment and mitigation plan for their products.
Resources needed
The resources required to carry out the preparation of monthly news are human resources, specifically 1 person.
Evidence of success
Food companies learn from notifications on Joint research centre and FoodDrinkEurope about examples of possible food safety issues and food fraud in the field of food production. This is important for them, when making risk assessment. Notifications from food fraud monthly reports are important when preparing vulnerability assessment and making mitigation plan.
Potential for learning or transfer
Food companies do not have resources to follow all changes regarding legislation, notifications and other important information. If we prepare most relevant information about topics, that are interesting for them, we save them a large amount of time. We also established good, trustworthy cooperation, so that we can get insight into the situation in practise. Besides food companies, we are also communicating with other stakeholders (governmental institutions, research and development institutions, accredited laboratories…).
This practise could be implemented in all countries. However, it is important that the institution, which implements this practise, has direct contacts with food business operators, such as Chamber of Agricultural and Food Enterprises, Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry, Cooperative Union, craft associations. In order to share trustworthy information, cooperation with governmental institutions, research and development institutions and others, is also crucial.
This practise could be implemented in all countries. However, it is important that the institution, which implements this practise, has direct contacts with food business operators, such as Chamber of Agricultural and Food Enterprises, Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry, Cooperative Union, craft associations. In order to share trustworthy information, cooperation with governmental institutions, research and development institutions and others, is also crucial.
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Slovenia
Zahodna Slovenija
Contact
Junior consultant