Food & Beverage

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  José de la Mata Amaya named as Eurojust VP

  de la Mata will take up office on December 18 for a four-year term, replacing current VP Boštjan Škrlec.

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  Five arrests in UK illegal meat investigation

  48 untraceable sheep carcasses thought to have been illegally smoked were intercepted in unrefrigerated vans in London.

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  Salad specialist Picadeli taps Digimarc for anti-fraud tech

  The alliance aims to tackle the growing issue of product look-up (PLU) fraud at self-checkout counters.

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  Portugal dismantles cooking oil fraud scheme

  Operation resulted in the seizure of more than 16,500 litres of cooking oil that was mislabelled as olive oil.

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  New food fraud initiative kicks off in Europe

  EFF-CoP project will bring together academics, regulators and the food industry to enhance food authenticity and traceability.

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  Detentions follow tainted alcohol deaths in Laos

  It has been reported that the manager and seven staff at the hostel where the tourists stayed have been detained.

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