Food & Beverage

• Kenya reports another illegal sugar seizure

  19-Aug-19 - Another large seizure of illegal sugar has been reported in Kenya, suggesting illicit supplies are still in the market.

• US avocado shortage takes a deadly turn

  14-Aug-19 - The ongoing shortage of avocados has raised prices, and captured the attention of organised crime cartels.

• New case of saffron fraud uncovered in UK

  14-Aug-19 - Around 90kg of adulterated saffron worth £750,000 (around $900,000) has been seized on the south coast.

• Artificial tongue can ‘taste’ if whisky is fake

  07-Aug-19 - An artificial tongue that can detect chemical differences between whiskies could help tackle the counterfeit trade.

• Dutch meat trader linked to ‘Horsegate’ arrested in Spain

  31-Jul-19 - Spanish police have arrested a Dutch meat trader over his alleged role in the 2013 horsemeat scandal.

• Chinese liquor wholesaler trials blockchain tracking

  29-Jul-19 - Chinese liquor firm Oranco has turned to blockchain to try to drive counterfeit alcohol out of its supply chain.

• Counterfeit alcohol linked to 20 deaths In Costa Rica

  25-Jul-19 - Yet another fatal counterfeit alcohol incident has hit the headlines, this time affecting the tourism hot spot Costa Rica.

• Honey fraud revealed in Canadian imports

  15-Jul-19 - An enforcement action by the Canadian authorities has uncovered nearly 12,800kg of adulterated honey worth $77,000.

• UK probe finds 1 in 5 meat products mislabelled

  09-Jul-19 - Finding is based on FSA sampling, but the agency says the result doesn't reflect the wider food industry.

• EFSA highlights food fraud in future R&D plans

  07-Jul-19 - EU agency identifies its R&D priorities for the next five to 10 years, including projects to tackle food fraud.

• Fake Fidossi wine seized in Nigeria

  30-Jun-19 - Nigeria’s food and drugs regulator has taken 90 cartons of falsified and unlicensed wine out of circulation.

• Australian winemaker taps YPB for NFC protection

  25-Jun-19 - Australian winery Seppeltsfield is turning to a technological solution to fight counterfeiting of it Shiraz wines.

• Illicit alcohol tops latest Operation Opson haul

  24-Jun-19 - Authorities from 78 countries have detained hundreds of people and seized fraudulent food and drink worth more than €100m.

• Probe eyes fake alcohol link to deaths in Dominican Republic

  19-Jun-19 - A series of deaths among tourists in the Dominican Republic raise concerns they may have ingested illicit alcohol.
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  The perfect tax stamp

  18-Jun-19 - Current security labels cause governments to lose tax revenue, writes Avi Chaudhuri of Systech.

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