This is another example of where an authenticity issue can have a very direct effect on food safety. The consequences for nature and humans are incalculable. Nobody knows what these pesticides are made of, which and how much toxins they contain.
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Food security scientists at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) have helped identify the cause of a humanitarian crisis and avert a larger catastrophe in Uganda.
Researchers at the university’s Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) were called in to
The Cuban police dismantled a criminal organisation adulterating pork sausages with water,flour and other non-authorised ingredients. The pork products were illegally sold through the
black market.
Cibercuba 02/09/2020
The Italian authorities seized
The UK National Food Crime Unit have launched a new newsletter, intended as a means of informing professionals about what they believe to be current issues affecting the food industry. You can read the first issue: NFCU Industry Newsletter September.
Monthly summary of articles on food fraud and adulteration - July-August, 2020. Food fraud cases: wine, fish and fish products, eggs and egg producs, non-alcoholic beverages, milk and milk products, prepared dishes and snacks, herbs and spices, alcoh
John Points and Louise Manning, both members of the IFST’s COVID-19 Advisory Group, assess the evidence for an increase in food fraud as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Introduction‘Food fraud’ encompasses a wide range of illegal activities, of
Received: 3 July 2020; Accepted: 1 August 2020; Published: 6 August 2020
Fraud in animal food products.pdf
Abstract: Animal origin food products, including fish and seafood, meat and poultry, milk and
dairy foods, and other related products play sig
Europol have coordinated an international operation with authorities from France, Italy, Malta, Spain and Portugal to arrest 79 individuals for their involvement in Europe’s bluefin tuna market.
Defra’s top official has admitted the department’s no-deal Brexit plans increase the risk of food fraud and smuggling. Clare Moriarty, Defra’s permanent secretary, made the extraordinary confession when giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committe
A supermarket in Hunslet has been fined nearly £18,000 for food fraud and selling out of date products. Kashmir Supermarket Ltd, on Dewsbury Road, and one of its directors, Mohammed Zahid Iqbal, pleaded guilty at Leeds Magistrates’ Court this week to
Spain’s National Police and Civil Guard have seized hundreds of tons of expired jamón and other meat products that were about to be placed back in the market – in some cases, they were already back on sale.
Ian McWatt, the director of operations at Food Standards Scotland, discusses the costs associated with food crime and stresses the need for cooperation throughout the industry to tackle it.
Sea to Table, a company that delivers seafood billed as sustainable and domestic, is the subject of an Associated Press report that indicates its products not always be either.
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
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.
A new method of detecting Arabica coffee that has been tainted by lower-quality Robusta beans has been developed by food science training centre The Quadram Institute.
Australia’s export beef brands command impressive price tags of up to $120 a kilogram in the booming Chinese marketplace, but just half the Aussie-branded beef on offer actually originates from Australia.
Figures from the latest haul in the joint Europol-INTERPOL investigation into counterfeit and substandard food has revealed how prevalent crime remains within the worldwide food system.
