6th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2013) aim to prepare a balanced program with many top quality presentations followed by stimulating discussions, several satellite events, a large state-of-the-art exhibition and an attractive social program. Scientific contributions will be presented by leading scientists through keynote lectures and by contributed oral and poster presentations.RAFA 2013 will be organized with emphasis on ADVANCED ANALYTICAL & BIOANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND FOOD ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS related to food security, food quality and safety and food integrity:AllergensFlavours and odoursGenetically modified organisms (GMO´s)Industrial contaminantsMycotoxins, marine and plant toxinsNanoparticlesPackaging contaminantsPesticide residuesProcessing contaminantsVeterinary drug residuesAuthenticity, FraudAgriforensicsFood-OmicsNovel foods & SupplementsOrganic crops & FoodstuffsQA/QC and ChemometricsDedicated SYMPOSIUM SESSIONS will be focused on the following topics (tentative):Analysis of Nanoparticles in FoodBioanalytical Methods for Food ControlEmerging POPs issuesFlavour and Food Quality MarkersFood AllergensFood Authenticity and TraceabilityFood ContaminantsFood ForensicsGeneral Food AnalysisIndustry perspectivesNatural Toxins AnalysisRapid MethodsRecent Issues and Novel TechnologiesMoreover, a platform for young scientists to present their scientific work will be offered; typically 25% of the contributed oral presentations will be assigned to the next generation. Also a number of RAFA 2013 Student Travel Grants will be provided. The best poster presentation(s) by a young scientist(s) will be awarded with the prestigious RAFA Poster Award.Several SATELLITE EVENTS are planned co-currently or adjacent to the main conference program:2ndEuropean workshop on Ambient Mass Spectrometry on food and natural productsInteractive seminar on sample-prep approaches, separation techniques and application of mass spectrometry in food quality / safety control: ´Step by step strategies for fast development of analytical method´Tutorial on chemometric data handling in food-omicsWorkshop on Infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics for monitoring of food and feed products, lab-to-the-sampleSeminar on Food safety issues beyond the EU – challenges for analytical methods update; global viewJoint Research Centre seminar – Research activities and opportunities for collaboration strengthening, with a special focus to young scientistsAn EXHIBITION of the most modern instrumentation recently used in food analysis and other necessary equipment and consumables will be organized during the symposium.Vendor seminars will be organized to introduce recent commercial instrumentation and scientific strategies for advanced food quality / safety control.