Food & Beverage

• FDA issues final guidance doc on intentional food adulteration

  14-Feb-20 - The FDA has issued the last of three promised guidance documents on the intentional adulteration of food.

• Ukraine sets new alcohol tax stamp roll-out for May 1

  14-Feb-20 - Ukraine is rolling out a new excise stamp for alcoholic drinks in order to crack down on the sale of illicit products.

• Industry body seeks talks with EU on truck parking security

  12-Feb-20 - TAPA wants to discuss aligning its own standard for security with the EU's SSTPA standard adopted last year.
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  The fakes are inevitable. Will the nutraceuticals market be ready?

  12-Feb-20 - The growing nutraceuticals market has become a magnet for counterfeiters. Systech's Steve Tallant explains how to fight back.

• Security Matters forms JV for alcohol anti-counterfeiting

  11-Feb-20 - Alliance with Australia's Global Bevco will focus on fake wine, which is particularly prevalent in China.

• After Trump memo, US issues first report on counterfeit trade

  28-Jan-20 - The US government has issued a first set of recommendations in answer to Trump’s memo on counterfeit goods.

• Container shipping group draws up track-and-trace standards

  28-Jan-20 - Digital Container Shipping Association says it will reduce complexity, cut costs and improve supply chain management.

• Catching sesame oil adulteration, with machine learning

  24-Jan-20 - 3D fluorescence spectroscopy, coupled with machine learning, offers a rapid, reliable way to detect sesame oil adulteration.

• Swiss eye simpler processes for customs in counterfeits fight

  22-Jan-20 - Switzerland has started consulting on a proposal to make it easier for customs to destroy fake goods in small consignments.

• Olive oil firm CHO taps IBM for blockchain

  21-Jan-20 - Olive oil producer CHO has started using IBM’s blockchain platform to provide traceability for its Terra Delyssa brand.

• US-China trade deal covers online counterfeit sales, fake meds

  17-Jan-20 - A trade deal signed this week between the US and China includes a commitment to curb the sale of fake goods online.

• New Jersey cops foil cannabis-laced candy network

  14-Jan-20 - $1.9m-worth of THC materials are seized in the operation, including 21,000 candies, with 24 arrests made.

• Trademark infringement rising fast, says CompuMark

  14-Jan-20 - Survey finds a 15 per cent increase in trademark infringement reported by brand owners over the last two years.

• China tops EU’s IP problem list, in its own category

  13-Jan-20 - China is so far in front of all other countries on IP infringement that it has its own category in the EU’s latest protection report.

• Dover buys Systech, boosting Markem-Imaje print/coding unit

  07-Jan-20 - Dover Corp bolsters its brand protection and traceability business with an agreement to buy Systech.

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