We have all heard about food fraud. Examples are all over the news ─ horsemeat scandal, melamine in baby formula, fake honey, impure olive oil, and this list goes on. However, this article focuses on things we don't often hear about: tangible solutio
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Systems detecting potential food frauds months before they become real issues have been devised by Fera Science, using big data and machine learning.
The perceived safety and quality of food imported from Europe into China provides commercial opportunities for European food producers, research has found.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is trialling a blockchain platform for supply chain tracking in bid to prevent food fraud.
On 25 April 2018, Europol/Interpol published the results of the OPSON VII operation to which the EU Food Fraud Network contributed in particular in order to detect tuna intended for canning being fraudulently sold as fresh.
The European Commission is to launch a centre to share scientific knowledge on food fraud and quality issues.
safefood's Knowledge Network EFG Chair Professor Chris Elliott’s opening remarks at Food Fraud 2018 set out the scale of the growing global food fraud threat.
Most shoppers expect manufacturers to share information on potential food fraud incidents, a new report has revealed.
This post will explore how companies that distribute food can use the blockchain to enhance food safety, lower supply chain costs, and prevent fraud.
Food fraud has plagued the food industry for thousands of years. Advances in analytical technology have improved detection capabilities, but incidents of food adulteration continue to occur, sometimes with tragic consequences.
A salmon farming company has joined forces with traceability experts, creating unique fingerprints to verify the origin of their fish.
The UK Food Standards Agency and the British Standards Institute have published revised guidance for food and drink businesses on how to protect against adulteration, counterfeiting and other attacks on food and food supply.
The rules around food safety and labelling requirements are clear and robust. Problems arise, however, on both an EU and a UK scale when it comes to dealing with fraud in the food supply chain.
Downward price pressures on the UK food industry could lead producers and manufacturers to cut corners, increasing the chance of food fraud and putting food quality and the supply chain at risk, a new report reveals.
Peter Whelan, director of audit and compliance at the Food Standards Agency Ireland, made the remarks at the Food Brexit conference in London this week.
n investigation into the sale of unregistered meat on social media was recently carried out by the State’s food safety body which said it is increasingly seeing suspected cases of food fraud.
NFU Mutual surveyed more than 2,000 consumers and found food confidence was waning – and producers were top on the list of suspects.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), every year one in 10 people worldwide falls ill from eating contaminated food and 420,000 die as a result.
NFU Mutual’s Food Fraud Report 2017, published today (7th September), reveals that takeaways are the least trusted type of food outlet (42%) followed by online (21%) and convenience stores (16%).
A Northern Ireland tech company specialising in food traceability is to work with PwC in the Netherlands on a new project. The firm uses blockchain technology to monitor stages in the food production process and guard against food fraud.