Food & Beverage

• Fake Jameson whiskey claims three lives in Zimbabwe; report

  07-Jan-20 - At least three people in Zimbabwe have died after drinking counterfeit Jameson Whiskey, say local news reports.

• New Year’s Eve revellers warned about fake vodka in UK

  30-Dec-19 - Authorities in the UK are warning the public to beware of cheap counterfeit vodka ahead of New Year celebrations.

• Senate bill seeks to block counterfeit goods entering US

  11-Dec-19 - A bill that would extend the power of US customs to seize IP-infringing goods has been introduced in the Senate.

• Blockchain ‘could save food sector $31bn by cutting fraud’

  04-Dec-19 - Blockchain could save the food industry a huge sum of money by 2024 by reducing the risk of food fraud, says a report.

• Europol-led op nixes 30,506 fake-peddling domains

  04-Dec-19 - A Europol campaign against sites offering pirated and fake items netted three arrests and 30,506 domain name takedowns.

• Tesco stung by adulterated honey claims

  26-Nov-19 - Tesco has withdrawn batches of its own-brand honey from sale after tests suggested it was adulterated with sugar syrup.
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  13-Nov-19 - How digital, connected packaging can seamlessly combine customer engagement and product authentication.

• Guala Closures opens secure caps factory in Kenya

  12-Nov-19 - Italy’s Guala Closures has opened a new facility in Kenya that will provide anti-counterfeit caps to manufacturers.

• OECD seeks tighter control over free trade zones

  07-Nov-19 - The OECD has drawn up recommendations on free trade zones in a bid to stop them being used for illicit trade.

• India’s tea agency seeks traceability system tenders

  30-Oct-19 - Tea Board India is seeking tenders from companies who can help provide a traceability system to protect the supply chain.

• UK seeing spike in food crime reports, according to NFCU data

  29-Oct-19 - There were 1,193 reports of food crime in the UK in 2018 – the highest level since the horsemeat scandal in 2013.

• Organic grain fraud farmer sentenced to two years in prison

  29-Oct-19 - A Missouri man has become the fifth farmer to be jailed in a $142m scam involving organic corn and soybeans.

• TruTag raises $7.5m in third-round financing

  21-Oct-19 - TruTag has raised $7.5m in a Series C that will be used to continue the roll-out of its ‘edible barcode’ tech.

• Lead in turmeric threatens public health in Bangladesh

  09-Oct-19 - Bangladesh's problem with lead exposure has been traced to widespread adulteration of turmeric by researchers.
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  28-Sep-19 - Your product security could be in jeopardy without a robust authentication and traceability solution in place.

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