Food & Beverage

• UK government lays out anti-IP crime strategy

  04-Feb-22 - Plans include the establishment of a national centre of excellence for gathering and analysing intelligence on IP infringement.

• Ecuador 'risks undermining traceability system', says ITSA

  24-Jan-22 - Body claims decision to allow tobacco, alcohol producers to hire traceability providers of their choice could hit tax revenues.

• British Columbia shellfish body taps BlueTrace for traceability

  17-Jan-22 - Digital platform uses iPhone apps, mobile printers and waterproof labels with QR codes to tag up shipments.

• Malawi minister points to fake fertilizer scam

  04-Jan-22 - Suppliers have been pushing counterfeits into Malawi's Affordable Inputs Programme (AIP) for agricultural products.

• Turkey hit by another illicit alcohol incident as deaths top 50

  20-Dec-21 - Most of the fatalities (22) have occurred in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, but the poisonings are widespread.

• YPB gets Chinese patent for anti-fake technology

  20-Dec-21 - The award extends YPB's IP for MotifMicro, its smartphone-readable anti-counterfeit technology.

• Sampling study finds widespread herb, spice fraud in EU

  01-Dec-21 - Top of the list for vulnerability was oregano, with almost half (48 per cent) of collected samples suspicious.

• EU authorities bust major organised cargo theft group

  26-Nov-21 - Gang is accused of cargo thefts from lorries parked in motorway rest areas on routes between Romania, Germany and France.

• YPB signs deal to protect Australian infant formula brand

  23-Nov-21 - Company will provide serialised QR codes that will be added to the packaging of AHF's Gradulac Gentle range of infant formula.

• Liverpool store sold fake Glen's vodka unfit for consumption

  10-Nov-21 - Fines were levied on Wojtek Lazarz and Smakus Foods following an investigation that started in 2019.

• EAEU agrees to adopt Russian packaged water labelling

  03-Nov-21 - Russia will require the Chestny ZNAK track and trace labels on packaged water products from December 1.

• Counterfeit Nescafe Gold coffee found in Germany

  01-Nov-21 - The knock-offs of Nestle's flagship instant coffee brand may contain hazardous broken glass or plastic.

• Counterfeit alcohol claims 18 lives in Russia

  18-Oct-21 - Two people from Yekaterinburg in Russia have been arrested in connection with the incident, the second in a matter of weeks.

• Headspace test can spot adulterated sesame oil

  18-Oct-21 - Economically motivated adulteration of sesame oil has emerged around the world and is a challenge for public health.

• FDA names winners of food traceability challenge

  14-Sep-21 - Competition sought ways to digitise distribution so unsafe food is rapidly identified, traced and removed from sale.

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