Protection against food counterfeiting is a challenge in the current situation.

Due to deviations in the routine of global supply chains and official monitoring, there is an increased risk of food fraud.

How can you ensure protection against fraud, safety and integrity of your food?

In a podcast from Fruchthandel magazine, our Head of Sales at GBA Group, Dr. Markus Zell, provides insights into the current situation of laboratories in the corona crisis.

ABF Pharmaceutical Services GmbH has been classified as "critical infrastructure" by the Federal Chancellery of Austria. This is based on the EU Directive 2008/114/EC, which defines the criteria according to which such infrastructure is identified and designated - namely, when a facility or part of a facility is "essential for maintaining important societal functions, health, safety, security and the economic or social well-being of the population and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact because its functions could not be maintained". On the basis of this guideline, the Federal Chancellery and the Ministry of the Interior have drawn up a master plan for 2014 to ensure security of supply in key areas of society. The importance of ABF for the possibility of conducting clinical studies has now led to such a classification.

ABF Pharmaceutical Services GmbH has been classified as "critical infrastructure" by the Federal Chancellery of Austria. This is based on the EU Directive 2008/114/EC, which defines the criteria according to which such infrastructure is identified and designated - namely, when a facility or part of a facility is "essential for maintaining important societal functions, health, safety, security and the economic or social well-being of the population and the disruption or destruction of which would have a significant impact because its functions could not be maintained". On the basis of this guideline, the Federal Chancellery and the Ministry of the Interior have drawn up a master plan for 2014 to ensure security of supply in key areas of society. The importance of ABF for the possibility of conducting clinical studies has now led to such a classification.

Hygiene measures - In each operation, the staff has now been trained to wash their hands and disinfect regularly. Disinfection is possible at various points in the respective facilities and has become a basic requirement.

The topic of hygiene will certainly remain a central issue. In general, there is currently an increased use of disinfectants. For this reason, food producers in particular should use an appropriate HACCP concept to prevent the possible risks of product contamination. It is therefore particularly important for food producers to deal with this issue in a timely and sustainable manner.