{"id":11455,"date":"2018-04-03T19:09:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T17:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legalegonutrition.com\/the-european-commission-faces-fraudulent-food\/"},"modified":"2020-03-30T16:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T14:28:36","slug":"the-european-commission-faces-fraudulent-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalegonutrition.com\/en\/the-european-commission-faces-fraudulent-food\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Commission faces fraudulent food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to the large volume of fraudulent food production and the concern of European consumers, the European Commission (EC) starts up a Knowledge Center on Food Fraud and Food Quality<\/a>, managed by the Joint Research Center. The EC estimates that the economic cost of fraudulent food reaches up to 12 billion euros<\/strong> per year. Proof of this are the multiple cases of food fraud that have recently come to light on products such as olive oils, wines, honey, fish, dairy products, meats and poultry. This has caused the decrease in consumer confidence<\/strong> and the loss of reputation of various food companies. For this reason, as stated by V\u0115ra Jourov\u00e1<\/strong>, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality \u201cthe Commission takes the issue of food quality and unjustified differentiation very seriously, and has already taken concrete steps to make it front”.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

There are many foods detected that are marketed under similar packaging and with a different composition. This is not only an unfair marketing<\/strong> action, but in many cases, a danger to the public health<\/strong> of European citizens.<\/p>\n

Tibor Navracsics<\/strong>, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sports, considers the constitution of this commission important as \u201cit will contribute to protecting the integrity of the EU food chain and safeguarding the quality of food products, thus generating a clear added value<\/strong> for Europeans\u201d.<\/em> The tasks<\/strong> of the Center for Knowledge on Food Fraud and Food Quality to fight against fraudulent foods will be:<\/p>\n