Food & Beverage

• New food fraud initiative kicks off in Europe

  27-Nov-24 - EFF-CoP project will bring together academics, regulators and the food industry to enhance food authenticity and traceability.

• Detentions follow tainted alcohol deaths in Laos

  26-Nov-24 - It has been reported that the manager and seven staff at the hostel where the tourists stayed have been detained.

• OECD gauges impact of counterfeits on UK economy

  20-Nov-24 - In 2021, the value of fake and pirated goods imported into the UK amounted to £7.1bn, 1.5 per cent of the total.

• Counterfeit pilchards cause a stir in South Africa

  19-Nov-24 - Workers were discovered relabelling and packaging expired cans of canned fish by South African police.

• Michael Schmid elected new president of Eurojust

  13-Nov-24 - Schmid will take up office on November 15 for a four-year term, replacing current president Ladislav Hamran.

• Metabolomics detects copycat Provence rosé wines

  11-Nov-24 - Technique could be used to distinguish authentic wines from counterfeits with an accuracy of more than 93 per cent.

• Prof Susan Jebb reappointed as FSA chair

  05-Nov-24 - She first became chair of the Food Standards Agency in 2021 and is taking up the role for another three years.

• Russia 'aiding Houthi Red Sea attacks;' report

  29-Oct-24 - Russia provided targeting data for the Houthis as they attacked ships with missiles and drones, it is claimed.

• Scammers steal 22 tonnes of cheese from London specialist

  28-Oct-24 - The theft involved a fraudulent buyer posing as a legitimate wholesale distributor for a major French retailer.

• EUIPO study reveals €2bn fake good seizures in EU

  25-Oct-24 - Europol-partnered report says that counterfeits are estimated to account for 5.8 per cent of EU trade.

• Latest Euro crackdown nets €91m in fraudulent food

  23-Oct-24 - 22,000 tonnes of food and around 850,000 litres of beverages, mostly alcoholic, were seized in Opson XIII.

• Civil groups slam EC plan to delay EUDR implementation

  21-Oct-24 - Industry groups claim it will provide more time to bring their supply chains into compliance with the law.

• Adulterated food products cause a scandal in Türkiye

  17-Oct-24 - Database of incidents includes meatballs adulterated with pork, a major issue in a Muslim-majority country.

• Premium wine counterfeiting ring busted in Italy

  17-Oct-24 - The criminal network targeted Grand Cru French wines, charging as much as €15,000 for a single bottle.

• De La Rue agrees authentication unit sale to Crane NXT

  15-Oct-24 - The takeover comes just a few months after Crane NXT completed the acquisition of OpSec for $270m.

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