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.
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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.
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.
Spain, Germany, Netherlands and Italy made the most requests last year in a system to deal with fraudulent activities along the agri-food chain. Spain (52), Germany (26), Netherlands (23) and Italy (20) made the most, according to the 2017 annual rep
The European Commission is to launch a centre to share scientific knowledge on food fraud and quality issues.
A French judge has ordered four men to stand trial over a 2013 scandal in which horsemeat was passed off as beef and used in ready-to-eat meals sold across Europe, sources close to the case told AFP.
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.
Lack of clarity in the definition of Xue Yu and difficulty in identifying the fish once it has been prepared may have contributed to widespread mislabelling.
A salmon farming company has joined forces with traceability experts, creating unique fingerprints to verify the origin of their fish.
The technology that tracks bitcoin transactions is set to revolutionize the food chain.
Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology, will lower transaction costs for food companies, improve efficiency and create new business opportunities, said Har
The suspects used a dye to alter the color of the sunflower oil to appear like olive oil.
A report released from Oceana Canada,Mystery Fish: Seafood Fraud in Canada and How to Stop It, revealed alarming results of seafood fraud in the nation’s capital. Almost half of the samples tested—45 out of 98—were mislabelled. One third (33) were co
More than 10,000 Northern Irish cattle have been reported stolen or lost in just three years – with cross-border smuggling thought to be one of the main causes.
