Tag: fraud
Europe: ThinFilm, Beneli partner on NFC packaging
Thin Film Electronics ASA partners with Sweden-based Beneli AB to strengthen the former's converter program by providing strategic coverage in Scandinavia and the broader...
Asia Pacific: Scientists find way to prevent frankfurter fraud
Scientists have devised a method that could help prevent frankfurter fraud, which is especially important for those who can't eat certain types of meats....
Europe: Ardagh, Filigrade’s smart interactive print technology for packaging
Ardagh Group has partnered with Dutch watermark solutions company Filigrade to offer a smart interactive print technology that embeds an invisible unique watermark code...
Europe: Institutions release complimentary online course on food fraud
The Institute of Food Research’s Food Safety Centre and the University of East Anglia (UEA) have developed a complimentary online course via their partner,...
Americas: Scientific validation, product labeling key to assuring consumers of viable...
Dietary supplement products, as well as health and wellness items claiming to be natural have been sold freely online, especially in the US.
With active...
Asia Pacific: Detect meat fraud using enhanced analytical methods, says AB...
Food fraud is gaining interest as an emerging risk given the increasingly global and complex nature of food supply chains.
It is not uncommon to...
Americas: Researchers find impurities as fillers in coffee
Surprise ingredients that are neither sweet nor flavorful may be hiding in coffee, and growing coffee shortages may increase the chance of having these...
Europe: Anti-food fraud measures are working, says European Commission
A second round of coordinated pan-European testing for horse meat deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in beef products was launched in April 2014.
This testing was a follow-up...
Americas: Be transparent, harness digital talk to manage food incidents, says...
In today’s hyper-connected, digital communications environment, news of a food safety or fraud incident travels at the speed of social networking site Twitter.
If unprepared,...
Europe: RASFF system has helped to ensure food safety in the...
Europe is more than ever reliant on its Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) to ensure that food meets some of the...