Tag: food fraud
Europe: Firms use blockchain in combating food fraud
PwC highlighted that food fraud costs the global economy in excess of US$40 billion a year.
This equates to an additional US$5 per week on...
Americas: Waters unveils software to detect food fraud
Waters Corporation introduces its new LiveID Software for near-instantaneous, direct-from-sample measurement and classification of food products including meat and crops by Waters’ quadrupole, time-of-flight...
Europe: PolyU joins large-scale food fraud project
The Institute for Global Food Security at Queen's University Belfast will lead one of the world's largest food safety projects across Europe and China....
Europe: Improving fraud resilience
Fraud has a financial cost, undermines customer and consumer confidence, and in the most serious cases, can damage consumers’ health and well-being.
Fraud is harmful,...
Europe: Campden BRI to support industry network to fight food fraud
The Food Industry Intelligence Network (FIIN) has chosen Campden BRI to provide technical and administrative support.
Campden BRI will curate a database to collect anonymized...
Americas: USP releases new food fraud database
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has launched Food Fraud Database (FFD 2.0) to help food manufacturers and retailers make informed decisions about ingredients in...
Europe: UK opens facility for reporting on food crime
Food Standards Agency (FSA) said the National Food Crime Unit has launched Food Crime Confidential, a reporting facility where anyone with suspicions about food...
Europe: Tool for estimating vulnerability to food fraud
Wageningen University, RIKILT Wageningen UR and VU Amsterdam have launched the Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment tool (FFVA) for companies to approximate their vulnerability to...