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SOMMET ALIMENTAIRE EUROPÉEN

European Food Summit

BRUSSELS, 11-12 APRIL 2002 "Quality for a Confident Consumer" - It is under this bannerthat the next European Food Summit will take place at the Palaisdes Expositions in Brussels on 11 and 12 April 2002 under theaegis of the CIAA, the Confederation of the Food and DrinkIndustries of the EU. The Food and Drink Industry is the first industrial sector andone of the main employers and exporters in the European Union. How do the various actors, from the farm to the fork, assumetheir responsibilities in the field of safety ? Why does theEuropean Food and Drink Industry have reason to be proud of itsproducts ? How do our overseas neighbours tackle the challenge ofquality ? How has the consumer's perception of quality evolvedover recent years ? You will find the answer to these questions and to many othersat the Sommet Alimentaire Européen (European Food Summit), theConference and Exhibition of the European Food and DrinkIndustry. The theme of food quality will be developed during the Summitwith high-level specialists representing the various links of thefood chain. The CEOs of some of the biggest European foodcompanies will detail the concrete measures put in place by theindustry to guarantee quality. You will learn about the resultsof a survey carried out especially for the Summit about theevolution of attitudes and of behaviour of consumers in Europe. Amongst the numerous speakers will be Franz FISCHLER, EuropeanCommissioner for agriculture; David BYRNE, European Commissionerfor Health and Consumer Protection, as well as Antony BURGMANS,CEO of Unilever; Peter BRABECK-LETMATHE, CEO of Nestlé; and SirRichard GEORGE, Managing Director of WEETABIX. The Exhibition, alongside the conference, will illustrateconcrete examples of solutions developed by suppliers of the Foodand Drink Industry to control and guarantee safety and quality. For the third time, the European Food Summit is beingorganised in close co-operation with the CIAA (Confederation ofthe Food and Drink Industries of the EU), spokesman of theEuropean Food and Drink Industry towards the European andInternational Institutions. For more information, consult www.mci-salons.fr/sae ots Original Text: CIAA Confederation of the food and drink

industries of the EU Internet:http://www.presseportal.de Interested journalists can register free of charge at thefollowing e-mail address: sfoncke.comevent@wanadoo.fr, or contactthe CIAA for more information (Thierry Dieu : Tel. +32 2 508 1024 - t.dieu@ciaa.be)

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