1. problematic trust

2. crises classical swine fever (CSF 1997, 11 million) food and mouth disease (FMD 2001, 300,000) avian influenza (AI 2003, 30 million) mad cow disease

3. distrust fighting protesting cynicism suspicion

4. lost of power organisational policies politics

5. definition of trust “mental status of favourable expectations”

6. trustful reasoning feed the nation contribute to economic wealth solve world-wide poverty and famine.

7. names of department 1945: agriculture, fisheries and food-supply 1958: agriculture, fisheries 1982: agriculture, nature conservation and fisheries 2003: agriculture, nature conservation and food-quality

8. conclusions trust will continue to be problematic in modern policy formations accountability and transparency only contribute partially to maintaining or restoring trust