Science and the Soul: Food Safety in an Era of Globalization, from Locally Grown (0 Mile) Products To Fair Trade
MARIA CARAMELLI
Acting Director General of Veterinary Medical Research Institute for Piedmont, Liguria and the Valle D’Aosta (IZS) in cooperation with the Slow Food Research Centre
English version of the Thursday, January the 15th’s conference
Every year tons of adulterated food worth over half a billion euro are seized in Italy. Health safety and fraud prevention are essential to defend consumers. Food travels without any time or space boundaries and it is difficult to ensure it is authentic and of good quality. Consumers are moving towards low cost choices pushing producers to opt for inaccurate labelling, adulteration and replacements. As well as undermining quality, such behaviour can endanger consumer health. People have a right to good quality unadultered food respectful of ethical or religious choices without incurring in a financial overburdening. Cases such as the 2013 horse meat scandal highlight the issue of food fraud. The EU Authorities have invested heavily in the fight on food fraud and have established a European Food Fraud Task Force, a monitoring plan and draft legislation reforms.
Maria Caramelli
Acting Director General of Veterinary Medical Research Institute for Piedmont, Liguria and the Valle D’Aosta (IZS) in cooperation with the Slow Food Research Centre
Maria Caramielli is the Acting DG and Chief Doctor of Veterinary Medical Research Institute for Piedmont, Liguria and the Aosta Valley (IZS) where she directs the National BSE Centre, the so called Mad Cow Disease Centre. Dr Caramielli is a veterinary surgeon specialised in the inspection of food of animal origin; she is also a PhD in Veterinary Pathology. Dr Caramielli is also a member of the European College of Veterinary Public Health. She has recently published “Per non scoprirlo a tavola” (Not to discover it at the table) with Instar Libri.
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