Food & Beverage

• Alert system aims to keep brandname ads off dodgy sites

  14-Feb-19 - An advertising industry organization has launched a warning system targeted at pirate sites in Europe.

• India hit by major illicit alcohol tragedy

  11-Feb-19 - Bootleg liquor has claimed almost 100 lives in Northern India and left dozens more hospitalised with methanol poisoning.

• Document Security Systems expands in China

  26-Jan-19 - Anti-counterfeit company Document Security Systems has acquired a Chinese company to boosts its presence in Asia.

• Sugar tops Kenya’s illicit good seizures in 2018 op

  22-Jan-19 - Illegal sugar was the illicit good most commonly seized in a Kenya enforcement operation carried out last year.

• Europe's horsemeat scandal: four on trial in France

  21-Jan-19 - Four men have gone on trial in France to answer accusations relating to their involvement in the horsemeat scandal.

• Study finds mislabelling in Chinese supermarket rice

  15-Jan-19 - Researchers develop a method to identify the geographic origin of rice that could help fight adulteration.

• Seen and heard: food fraud news in brief

  01-Jan-19 - Rampant fish fraud in NY, Indian honey adulteration, fake Moroccan saffron, and dyed black pepper in Vietnam.

• Laser diode can combat counterfeit olive oil

  23-Dec-18 - Researchers in Spain and the US have designed a sensor that can detect counterfeit olive oil labelled as extra virgin .

• EU unveils first Watch List on counterfeit and piracy

  10-Dec-18 - The EU Commission publishes its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List, with a warning to big online retailers.

• Food and beverage fraud: news round-up

  12-Nov-18 - Italy’s agromafia, detecting minced meat adulteration, seafood fraud in LA, and beer substitution.

• Three farmers plead guilty in massive organic grain fraud case

  15-Oct-18 - Three Nebraska farmers made a whopping $11m over seven years by selling regular grains as organic.

• Seen and heard: food fraud news in brief

  04-Oct-18 - Australian honey probe, TruTag’s edible barcodes, South Africa’s illicit abalone trade and a blockchain solution to counterfeit crabs.
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  Blockchain: Closing the supply chain trust gap

  20-Sep-18 - Will blockchain technology truly change the way we do business? Can it be trusted?

• EU and Sweden pledge funds for fish fraud fight

  19-Sep-18 - The EU and Sweden agree to give €45m to a project that aims to clamp down on fish laundering in the Pacific.

• First honey products clear NSF certification

  17-Sep-18 - Three food manufacturers have gone through a certification process for honey run by standards body NSF.

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