IFOAM | Factsheet: Food safety and quality

Factsheet: Food safety and quality

Food safety and quality factsheet (pdf)

Acknowledgements:

Authors: Lena Wietheger, Louisa Winkler, Marco Schlüter
Scientific advisors: Dipl.oec-troph. Kathrin Seidel (Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen Landbau, Switzerland), Dr. Alexander Beck (Assoziation ökologischer Lebensmittelhersteller, Germany)
Photography: Ralph Liebig (Organic Retailers Association, Austria)
Design and layout: Arthur

Sources and further reading:

FAO (2000), Food quality and safety as affected by organic farming, 22^nd FAO Regional Conference for Europe, Porto, Portugal, 24-28 July 2000 [Conference Report]

Fischer-Boel, M. (2009), We shall not label in vain, Public Service Review: European Union, Issue 18 [Article]

Hansen, B. et al., (2002), Assessment of food safety in organic farming, DARCOF Working Papers no.52, Danish Research Centre for Organic Farming [Working Paper]

Lairon, D. (2009), La qualité des produits de l’agriculture biologique [The quality of organic products], Carrefours de l'Innovation Agronomique 4:281-287. [Journal Article, French language]

Rembiałkowska, E. (2004), The impact of organic agriculture on food quality, Agricultura (3):19-26 [Journal Article]

Tamm, L. (2001), Pesticides in Perspective. Organic agriculture: development and state of the art, Journal of Environmental Monitoring 3(6):92-96 [Journal Article] [paid content]

Woese, K. et al. (1995), Ökologisch und konventionell erzeugte Lebensmittel im Vergleich. Eine Literaturstudie [Organic and conventional foods in comparison. A literature review], Hefte, No. 4. BgVV (Bundesministerium für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Vetrinärmedizin); Dahlem [Journal Article, German Language]