Food & Beverage

• 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.

• South Dakota uni wins NSF grants for illicit trade projects

  14-Sep-18 - SD Mines has been awarded grants worth $3.3m for two projects targeting illicit trade and counterfeiting.

• Seen and heard: food fraud news in brief

  12-Sep-18 - Irish potatoes, US honey, Indian milk, Malaysian halal products and sugar in Kenya have all been hitting the headlines.

• Canada needs EU style traceability laws to fight fish fraud

  31-Aug-18 - A Canadian study has revealed that 44 per cent of seafood samples from food retailers and restaurants were mislabelled.

• Handheld scanner tech can detect coconut water fraud

  15-Aug-18 - Adulteration of coconut water is on the rise, but Raman spectroscopy could provide a rapid way to detect it.

• Israeli startup Security Matters plans IPO on ASX

  14-Aug-18 - Israeli anticounterfeit company Security Matters Ltd is gearing up for a public listing in Australia.

• Food fraud: news in brief

  19-Jul-18 - Melamine in chocolate, adulterated tea, counterfeit olive oil, fake organics, and Russian meat traceability.

• Another massive fake pesticide haul as EU clamps down

  16-Jul-18 - EU enforcement agencies seize a massive 360 tonnes of illegal or counterfeit pesticides in their latest operation.

• What makes a country a counterfeit exporter?

  12-Jul-18 - Corruption, weak IP enforcement, and free trade zones are some of the main drivers, says EUIPO report.

• Rosé wine sector hit by “Frenchification” fraud

  09-Jul-18 - Probe reveals millions of bottles of cheaper Spanish wine are fraudulently labelled as being French.

• UK trials blockchain to secure meat supply chain

  05-Jul-18 - The UK Food Standards Agency has completed a pilot study on the use of blockchain in cattle slaughterhouses.

• Cryptomice wins EU blockchain anti-counterfeit challenge

  01-Jul-18 - Italian team was the overall winner in a competition to design blockchain-based measures to curb counterfeit.

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