NEWS

The CEN Workshop was kicked off on 22nd September 2025. The Workshop’s registered participants have agreed on the first draft of the CWA

A new CEN Workshop is being planned as part of the activities of the EU project FOLOU - 'Bringing knowledge and consensus to prevent and reduce food loss at the primary production stage'. This project raises awareness about food loss and dares to rethink it, putting the emphasis on listening and learning in relation to food systems in the hope for a better way forward.

A new CEN Workshop is being planned which will complement the activities of the EU Research project "NeoGiANT". This initiative is developing natural antimicrobial products for the control and prevention of relevant diseases in animal production from agri-food byproducts.

A new CEN Workshop is being planned as part of the activities of the EU project “VeriFish”. The aim of this project is help consumers by equipping them with the tools to make informed decisions about the seafood they buy.

Happy Easter to those who celebrate! As you have probably noticed, shelves are full of chocolate eggs and Easter bunnies this time of year. But did you know that standards play a big role in making sure you can safely enjoy your sweet treats?

With the project funding “CEN/2023-15 – Standards for Methods of analysis for harmful species of elements in food”, the European Commission charged the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) to elaborate European Standards in the framework of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 on official controls.

This document will establish a rational basis and gives general guidelines for standardized procedures for assessing the level of biosecurity within various elements of the Farm to Fork chain.

Stakeholder meeting: publication & implementation of standards on circular design of fishing gear and aquaculture equipment

The CEN Workshop on 'Methodology to quantify the global agricultural crop footprint including soil impacts' is a result of the Spanish Retos-Colaboración 2017 project FERTILIGENCIA (Innovative fertilizers to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture and development of a standard for assessing the sustainability of agroecosystems), whose general objective is to develop intelligent fertilizers using the understanding of the soil-microbiome-plant system, setting the first steps for an agriculture new revolution, able to satisfy the future food demand, minimizing the environmental impacts and loss of fertile soil.

The CEN Workshop specifies a methodology for identifying, characterizing, and implementing a single indicator to assess the quality and degradation of agricultural soils and the overall impact of the agriculture processes. The agriculture impacts are assessed through the mechanical, fertilization and irrigation activities associated. Furthermore, soil affection is evaluated accounting with soil erosion and parameters such as nutrients, texture, and organic matter. The developed methodology allows a simple but robust assessment of soil biogeochemical processes and the loss of fertility and degradation.