The EWFC community is saddened with the sudden passing of long-term member of EWFC

Mr. Angus Stewart Lowden (MBE) of Dundee (Scotland) 

2026 - EWFC AMSTERDAM MEETING AND AGM

A BIG THANK YOU TO MRS. YVONNE SPLETTSTOSER FROM GERMANY AS THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. FRITS SCHOENMAKER AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF EWFC AT THE 2026 AMSTERDAM MEETING AND AGM

2025 - EWFC community meeting Bolzano-Italy

EWFC stands for “European Working Community for Food-Inspection and Consumer Protection” and is an organisation that brings together professional associations and organisations that work to deliver official Food Safety-Inspections in the Member-States of the EU and UK.

EWFC was founded in 1991 by Germany and France, and is registered as an association in the chamber of commerce in Metz (France).

EWFC and its members stands for promoting uniform and high-quality Food Safety Inspections and controls in the EU and UK, and looking after the professional interests of its nearly 6.500 Members.

At first the aims of the association were the exchange of information and experience, to help with the development of structures of food inspection, (cross-border) training of food-inspectors and future co-operation in the EU. So, the main task was to make a European organisation for staff and professionals working with food-monitoring and consumer protection.

The EWFC made it a rule to try to contact professional organizations working within the field of food surveillance in all Member-States of the EU: both food (veterinary and non-veterinary), meat inspectors, official veterinarians, lab staff, food-technicians, food-chemists, doctors and academics in food safety in the broadest perspective.

The Community`s Aims and Objectives are to promote the professional interests of its members, exchange and share experience, good practices and continued training, learning and co-operation with EWFC members and other expert organisations at EU Level.

EWFC organises meetings and discussions with European DG for Health and Food Safety and Commission officials to exchange views. Furthermore, EWFC has strong contacts with members of the European Parliament and the Environment, Climate and Food Safety committees. This enables the organisation to express its views to those politicians and make them aware of current and occuring problems and forward suggestions and (possible) solutions for those problems.

The EWFC intends to continue in its role of contributor to the development of legislation through its contact with the European Commission and Parliament.

 Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success

-Henry Ford-