Dr. Simona Antonella LAMORTE works at the Department of the Central Inspectorate for the protection of quality and the prevention of fraud in agri-food products (ICQRF) of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests.

She is a food technologist, she has obtained a doctorate in Biotechnology of agri-food products and a second level university master’s degree in international food legislation.

She had worked for some years in the field of harmonization at the International Organization of vine and wine (OIV) in Paris, where she was the responsible for the Methods of Analysis unit.

Since 2011 she has been working for the Italian Ministry of Agriculture: at the General Directorate of international and European Union policies in the field of wine and spirit drinks legislation first and, since 2021, at the ICQRF Department in the field of food legislation and controls in the field of food and agriculture and of the contrast to unfair commercial practices.

She has been participating as a representative of the Italian Administration in management committees and expert groups of the European Commission and in working groups of the EU Council; she coordinated the Italian Delegation to the OIV across 10 years and she participated as scientific delegate in different OIV expert groups. Since 2022 she is President of one OIV Expert Group and member of the Scientific and technical Committee of the OIV.

She is authors of many scientific publications. She has been lecturer for many seminars and she participates as an expert in food legislation in different EU Twinning and TAIEX programs.