The European Food Fraud Community of Practice

Work package number 1: European Food Fraud Community of Practice Network (EFF-CoP)’s inception and mobilisation.

Objective: To establish a lively European Food Fraud Community of Practice (EFF-CoP) which will drive knowledge exchange between regulators, food industry, funding bodies, standardisation bodies, other end-users, and natural and social scientists.

Work package number 2: Needs of EFF-CoP and future research agenda.

Objectives: Identification of the needs of the EFF-CoP through foresight exercises and development of the future research agenda:

1. To produce micro- and macro-scenarios that outline possible futures for food fraud in Europe.
2. To outline a food fraud research agenda for the next 10 years and publish and distribute it as a white paper.

Work Package 3: Existing resources: Collection of and accessibility to current research, innovations, practices, and educational materials for preventing and detection food fraud.

Objectives:

1. To collect a complete account of the state of current knowledge, practices, procedures, systems, training and education materials, and technologies tackling food fraud.
2. To evaluate the cost/benefit aspects and possible barriers to implementation of the collected practices and innovations.

Work package number 4: New resources: Good Practice Recommendations, factsheets, and case study materials.

Objectives:

1. To produce a Good Practice Recommendation for SMEs on how to self-assess food fraud vulnerability and publish it as a CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA).
2. To produce factsheets and case study materials combat food fraud.

Work Package 5: Interactive events: Training courses, living labs, and other events.

Objectives:

1. To develop smooth and efficient knowledge-flows through social innovation and community-based learning. 
2. To develop long-term sustainable on-line collaborative space for upskilling and life-long learning. 
3. To implement interactive events and activities to support maximised engagement among the EFF-CoP members.

Work package number 6: Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication

Objective: To develop a comprehensive strategy for dissemination, exploitation and communication, ensuring the maximisation of the project's outcomes and impacts across science, economy and society in Europe.