Food & Beverage

• FDA publishes traceability guide for small food firms

  25-May-23 - Topics covered include who is in scope and who is exempt from record-keeping requirements due in 2026.

• Police in Russia raid fake Johnnie Walker factory

  17-May-23 - Thousands of bottles of counterfeit Johnnie Walker Black Label and other whisky, cognac and rum brands were seized.

• FSA chief seeks boost in food fraud resilience

  09-May-23 - Central to the plans is a plan to work closely with industry to find ways to further strengthen the supply chain.

• Overhaul launches AI-powered cargo theft tool

  09-May-23 - RiskGPT promises to help users predict, prevent, and respond to the threat of cargo theft or other shipment risks.

• Gang steals almost $1m of milk in Florida

  10-Apr-23 - The six men are also accused of making off with $350,000 of McArthur dairy milk crates over a 17-month period.

• EU enforcers net another illegal pesticides haul

  03-Apr-23 - Seized pesticides included chemicals that can harm pollinating insects and are harmful to human health.

• UK finds itself mired in another food fraud scandal

  03-Apr-23 - Criminal probe is investigating reports of foreign pork falsely labelled as British being sold by supermarkets.

• MIT team unveil ‘unclonable’ labels to fight fake seeds

  28-Mar-23 - The World Bank estimates that as much as half of all seeds sold in some African countries are counterfeit.

• Oldest wine shop in US fined over fake bourbon

  13-Mar-23 - $100,000 civil penalty is the maximum possible fine for this type of activity, according to state regulators.

• DNA reveals threatened sharks in Australian chip shops

  09-Mar-23 - Sampling study found nine species, four of which are threatened and not recommended for use in food.

• Overhaul buys cargo security firm SensiGuard

  15-Feb-23 - SensiGuard monitors cargo in real time while shipments are in transit from origin to destination using embedded trackers.
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  Cut out counterfeit attempts? Reid Fruits and Laava show it's possible

  08-Feb-23 - Reid Fruits and Laava cut out counterfeit where authenticity is key.

• Fake Nescafe production unit shut down in Egypt

  01-Feb-23 - Media reports say a raid at the factory revealed 5m fake packs of beverage brands, and three tonnes of raw materials.

• e-Commerce sites under siege from 'digital' fraudsters

  25-Jan-23 - Organised networks are increasingly using coordinated bot attacks and automated social engineering to steal goods.

• Counterfeit spirits seized in Kenya operation

  23-Jan-23 - The counterfeit drinks were packaged in branded bottles that are "popular with the youth," said Kenyan authorities.

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