Food & Beverage

• Spain takes action against large-scale whiskey fraud

  19-Dec-20 - Agences seized bottles, caps and tax stamps, as well as fake labels and packaging from a "well-known" brand.

• Uzbekistan plans Russia-powered traceability drive

  14-Dec-20 - Uzbekistan will introduce digital labelling for food, pharmaceutical and other goods based on Russia’s Chestny ZNAK system.

• UK store loses its liquor license after selling fake wine

  23-Nov-20 - Owner Awarah Shikha of Tivoli Food and Wine in Brighton has 21 days to appeal against the decision.

• More olive oil firms turn to IBM to tackle fraud with blockchain

  18-Nov-20 - Spanish, Argentinian suppliers will use the system to protect products from counterfeiting and provide traceability for customers.

• Antares Vision snaps up assets of liquidated Adents

  13-Nov-20 - Antares Vision has won a tender to purchase the assets of liquidated French traceability and serialisation vendor Adents.

• EU, China agree protections to counter food origin fraud

  12-Nov-20 - It is the first economic and commercial agreement ever signed with China, and will protect 100 products in each territory.

• Wine faker Rudy Kurniawan just days away from release

  04-Nov-20 - Remember Rudy Kurniawan? The notorious wine counterfeiter is reportedly due to be released from prison later this week.

• UK shop could lose license over fake prosecco

  03-Nov-20 - Store in Brighton was discovered with 90 counterfeit bottles of prosecco wine bought from a "white van man".

• Arrests made in Turkey probe into illicit alcohol deaths

  27-Oct-20 - The death toll from the latest bootleg alcohol outbreak in Turkey has topped 80, with 40 arrests made.

• Forget oregano – sage is the new herb fraud hotspot

  22-Oct-20 - More than a quarter of samples bought from retailers were adulterated, according to Queen's University Belfast researchers.

• Italian police bust fake Tuscan wine ring, seizing 4,200 bottles

  16-Oct-20 - The network was producing counterfeit Bolgheri Sassicaia, which can sell for hundreds of euros per bottle.
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• Turkey cracks down on illicit alcohol as deaths climb

  14-Oct-20 - At least 44 people have died after drinking bootleg alcohol in Turkey, prompting a national crackdown on the illicit trade.

• Fake tea laced with dye seized in Pakistan

  14-Oct-20 - Authorities intercepted 700kg of potentially hazardous tea that was adulterated with non-food grade colouring.

• Potato starch fraud thwarted by security label system

  09-Oct-20 - Meelunie says it has seen counterfeiting rates plummet thanks to its use of a security tech provided by Tesa Scribos.

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