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GFoRSS Webinar Series: Webinar 2 – Food Fraud – Virtual Event | 24, 25 May 2022

Day 1: State of the Art and Key Challenges | 24 May 2022 | 14:00 – 15:30 (GMT+2).
Day 2: Regulatory and Preventive Aspects |25 May 2022 | 14:00 – 15:30 (GMT+2).
Registration is FREE of charge – JOIN US =D

CALL FOR EXPERTS | 15th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF15) | Application Deadline 8 April 2022!

CALL FOR EXPERTS for the 15th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF15) scheduled for 9-13, 24 May 2022

Cooperative Agreement between LVV (Government of Suriname), NIVS and GFoRSS

Paramaribo, 11 March 2022 – Charting a path forward towards an innovative and competitive food and agri-food production sector in Suriname through strengthening regulatory oversight and better reliance on science in food decision-making.

GFoRSS Webinar: The Future of Food Laboratory Testing in the Arab Region | 23 February 2022 from 12:00 – 16:00 (Dubai Time) | Hybrid Event

The Arab Region’s key food laboratory organizations spearheading discussions to structure the Arab section of AOAC International.

Spring 2022 Launch of AOAC Arab Network

Countdown to SPRING 2022 Launch of the ARAB Section of AOAC International !!!

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OUR MISSION

To promote the development of competencies, know-how and knowledge - including scientific, policy analysis - which underpin food regulatory decisions and support the development and implementation of food control systems.

OUR VISION

To be the global leader in the generation and dissemination of decisive food regulatory scientific knowledge and competencies that underpin food regulatory decisions and help modernize food control systems internationally.

OUR CORE VALUES

To achieve our mission and realize our vision, GFoRSS espouses core values promoting transparency, encouraging inclusiveness, upholding collaboration and advocating independence - as guiding principles - in the conduct of its business.

who we are

GFoRSS is a not-for-profit organization incorporated in Canada and hosted by the Food Risk Analysis and Regulatory Excellence Platform (PARERA), a joint endeavor of the Department of Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences and the Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF) of the Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada. GFoRSS is a disciplinary organization of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), devoted to food regulatory science.

GFoRSS aims to promote the generation and dissemination of knowledge and competencies related to food regulatory sciences, that is, the sciences underpinning food regulatory decisions as a multi-disciplinary field of food science, including, but not limited to, the application of food risk analysis and associated disciplines, the development of food laws and the assessment of economic impacts of food regulatory measures.