1st Meeting of the scientific network for food feed authenticity testing

Authentication of food and feed covers a broad range of topics, matrices, analytical techniques and research approaches. To address future challenges of authenticity testing, cooperation among public institutes becomes more and more important. In this perspective, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) organized a German-wide meeting (translated title: Status quo of authenticity testing of food and feed - methods for routine analysis and research approaches) to improve scientific exchange opportunities among expert of public research institutes and regulatory bodies. Experts of federal institutes, federal state surveillance bodies and universities were invited by the BfR to report about their experiences and activities related to authenticity testing of food and feed. The scientific exchange within this up to date research field was successfully promoted by the development of an expert network with this BfR event.