October 14, 2011: Conference Organic Food Processing in Poland

Organized by the European Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM EU Group), the conference "Organic food processing - improving quality and environmental performance" is held on October 14, 2011 during the Natura Food 2011, the fourth Natural Food Fair in the EXPO Hall in Łódź, Poland.

The conference aims to discuss the current status of organic processing and quality of processed organic foods in the light of environment performance. The conference will work out recommendations for the development of European organic processing and quality.

In particular the following issues will be discussed:

Nitrite/Nitrate in organic meat processing,
Organic additives, flavours and starter cultures,
Residues in organic food,
Composition and compounds of organic feed;
Food labelling;
Import requirements for organic food.

Translation to English, French, German and Polish will be provided in all plenary sessions and in selected workshops.

Further information

IFOAM.org: Wepage including links and documents of the "Organic food processing - improving quality and environmental performance"
IFOAM-EU.org: Website of the European Group of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM EU Group)