Food mislabelling is a growing world-wide problem that is increasingly addressed
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Sustainability body WRAP has published its latest Retail Survey, indicating to what extent the UK’s largest grocery retailers and major brands have made progress implementing best-practice guidance on date labels, product life, pack size and storage/
Sean Daly of the National Food Crime Unit describes how the NFCU will expand to help tackle food crime in the food sector.
Tackling fraud in the food supply chain (food crime) is a challenge for the whole food and drink industry. From farm to fork, t
A few months after an alert about steaks for food aid to the poorest, it was frozen chicken cutlets that were singled out. State services describe a " possible economic fraud ", without the health of consumers being at risk.
More than 1,000 reports of food crime were made to the National Food Crime Unit last year, according to the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).
A CIPS freedom of information request found 1,193 reports to the National Food Crime Unit
The traceability of agro-products are very crucial as the food with know and guaranteed origin charged a high premium; meanwhile, the authenticity of the food product is also very necessary, since the adulteration of agro-products with cheap ingredie
More than 60 per cent of seafood products tested at Montreal grocery stores and restaurants were mislabelled, according to an update of a study that tracks rates of fish food fraud in Canada.
"The numbers reflect that this is an ongoing problem," sai
The Food Defense Plan Builder (FDPB) version 2.0 is a user-friendly tool designed to help owners and operators of a food facility in the development of a food defense plan that is specific to their facility and may assist them with meeting the requir
The food industry is advancing at a rapid pace and consumer sensitivity to food safety scares and food fraud scandals is further amplified by rapid communication such as by social media. Academia, regulators, and industry practitioners alike struggle
Technology company IBM is launching a collaboration with Raw Seafoods to further rollout a blockchain solution for the seafood supply chain. The companies say the initiative can help tackle three of the sector’s ‘most pressing problems’: fraud, trans
Three people died in Germany because bacteria-contaminated food from a meat producer was sold on the European market. Although the authorities knew about the bacterial discovery, production was only halted after two weeks. EURACTIV Germany reports.
A coroner has confirmed a businessman who ate a sandwich in hospital died from a listeria infection.
Ian Hitchcock was being treated at the Royal Derby Hospital after being diagnosed with liver cancer in May.
As part of the ongoing re-evaluation of authorised food additives, under Regulation (EC) No 257/2010, EFSA is currently focussing on the safety assessment of sweeteners.
The Panel on Food Additives and Flavourings (FAF) has developed two draft protoc
Customs officers in the Philippines have seized pork smuggled into the country from China.
Poultry farmers from across Northern Ireland are set to flock together on Tuesday for a major industry conference looking at the challenges and opportunities facing the sector in Northern Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Poultry Industry Conference will
We all want to keep our families safe and healthy. But sometimes a simple mistake in the way we handle and prepare food can lead to serious sickness. With some germs like Salmonella, just a small amount in undercooked food is enough to cause food poi
Retailers and the poultry industry have attempted to reassure consumers on the safety of chicken, after a seizure of Chinese antibiotics suspected to be destined for unregulated use on a poultry farm in Northern Ireland.
The County Tyrone farm suspect
The boss of the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit has spoken of the need for industry input to tackle problems and urged patience for those eager to hear results of operations.
Ron McNaughton, head of the SFCIU at Food Standards Scotland, said f
According to CNBC, 3PM looked at 100 top-selling food items on the site and discovered that at least 40 percent of those had five or more reviews about the items being expired.
In 2015, the National Food Crime Unit was launched in the UK. New Food Editor, Bethan Grylls, spoke to head of the unit, Darren Davies, to learn more about the organisation and how it is addressing food crime.
Following the 2013 horsemeat scandal, Ch
