Food & Beverage

• Conference considers COVID impact on fraud patterns

  13-Apr-21 - Criminals are shifting away from cash to online bank transfers and turning to social media to trade in illegal goods.

• MasSpec Pen device can spot meat, fish fraud in seconds

  08-Apr-21 - Device will be developed into a portable mass spectrometer unit suitable for on-site meat authentication.

• Beverage sector facing a big fraud problem; survey

  31-Mar-21 - A poll of beverage industry executives reveals that 97 per cent of them had been affected by fraud in the last 12 months.

• Russia boosts penalties for falsifying product barcodes

  30-Mar-21 - Introduces liability for falsification of the barcodes on goods, with penalties including fines and imprisonment.

• WWF says EU seafood traceability could help sustainability

  30-Mar-21 - EU member states are due to publish their position on a digital traceability platform by the end of May.

• COVID contributes to spike in cargo theft in US during 2020

  25-Mar-21 - There were 870 thefts of cargo throughout the US last year, up 23 per cent on 2019, says Sensitech.

• EU project shows spectrometry tool can spot food fraud

  24-Mar-21 - Technique can be applied broadly in the field and does not require highly qualified operators, says JRC team.

• Irish customs nab counterfeit wine in Cork

  23-Mar-21 - Shipment worth €300k from the Netherlands was seized at the Tivoli Container Terminal in the city.

• ReposiTrak sets up consortium on US food traceability

  19-Mar-21 - Supply chain specalist wants to build momentum behind an open, low-cost approach to food tracing technology.

• Tanzania rolls out app to authenticate tax stamps on liquor

  17-Mar-21 - There are concerns that fake tax stamps are being bought by traders and sold on to illicit alcohol producers.

• Atomic energy formalises links with QUB on food integrity

  12-Mar-21 - Partners are working on using nuclear analytical techniques to detect food contamination and adulteration.

• Rapid NMR test detects quality and authenticity of olive oil

  12-Mar-21 - Rapid test can detect food fraud involving olive oil within an hour, say Beyreuth University scientists.

• Update: Authentix-led group wins Pakistan digital tax stamp tender

  11-Mar-21 - Multiyear contract is to implement a track and trace system for tobacco, cement, sugar and fertilizer.

• Blockchain traceability startup Verofax raises $1.2m

  11-Mar-21 - Firm will use the funds for to launch a marketing campaign targeted at food, healthcare, and apparel industries and new hires.

• UK government’s freeports plan raises illicit trade fears

  10-Mar-21 - Decision to set up eight free trade zones is at odds with the EU, which is cracking down on the sector.

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