Food & Beverage

• USTR highlights safety risks in latest notorious markets report

  01-Feb-24 - TaoBao, WeChat, DHGate, Pindoduo and Shopee are among USTR's latest list of online marketplaces that allow counterfeits.

• New IHMA security image register launched

  18-Jan-24 - The Security Image Register (SIR) incorporates changes to take into account the increased sophistication of holograms.

• AI becoming integral to efforts to secure supply chains

  18-Jan-24 - AI and other tech is being used to bolster supply-chain planning and minimise disruptions, improving supply-chain resiliency.

• Nigeria launches mobile meds ‘white list’ to fight fakes

  21-Dec-23 - The NAFDAC Green Book will be available in mobile format for use by the public early next year, says regulator.

• Kentucky State Police recover $5m in stolen cargo

  21-Dec-23 - A criminal organisation targeting food and beverage as well as copper shipments has been disrupted in the operation.

• Olive oil counterfeiters squeezed in Italy, Spain

  06-Dec-23 - Operation resulted in 11 arrests and the seizure of over 260,000 litres of olive oil deemed unfit for consumption.

• UK agency warns of fake chocolate as Wonka movie opens

  05-Dec-23 - Counterfeit Wonka, Prime and Cali-Gold bars are putting consumers at risk, says Food Standards Agency.

• FDA rolls out new FAQs and tools for food traceability

  01-Dec-23 - Update includes a webpage about lot codes, a video detailing components of tracing systems and a traceability plan example.

• Merck and p-Chip join forces on ‘digital twin’ tech

  30-Nov-23 - Platform combines software and hardware to create a means of proving the authenticity of items “through the product life cycle.”

• Four new industry execs join GS1’s US board

  29-Nov-23 - New members hail from health care group Johnson & Johnson, grocery chain Kroger, retailer Target and Wakefern Food Corp.

• Marker method can help authenticate edible oils

  16-Nov-23 - Chinese team says its authentication method eliminates the need for cumbersome laboratory processes.

• US, Canada see a spike in cargo thefts in Q3

  14-Nov-23 - There was an increase in shipment misdirection and cases of fraud against small motor carriers or owner/operators.

• THC-laced fake snacks seized in North Carolina

  08-Nov-23 - The products were dressed up to look like big brand products and contained high levels of THC that could be dangerous to children.

• UK supplier accused of selling housed chickens as free-range

  07-Nov-23 - The unidentified company is suspected of mixing housed and free-range birds before submitting them for slaughter.

• Design group taps SnapDragon for SME IP protection

  31-Oct-23 - Alliance aims to fight counterfeits by offering design-driven organisations “guidance, advice, and technical monitoring."

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