Food & Beverage

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  Scammers steal 22 tonnes of cheese from London specialist

  The theft involved a fraudulent buyer posing as a legitimate wholesale distributor for a major French retailer.

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  EUIPO study reveals €2bn fake good seizures in EU

  Europol-partnered report says that counterfeits are estimated to account for 5.8 per cent of EU trade.

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  Latest Euro crackdown nets €91m in fraudulent food

  22,000 tonnes of food and around 850,000 litres of beverages, mostly alcoholic, were seized in Opson XIII.

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  Civil groups slam EC plan to delay EUDR implementation

  Industry groups claim it will provide more time to bring their supply chains into compliance with the law.

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  Adulterated food products cause a scandal in Türkiye

  Database of incidents includes meatballs adulterated with pork, a major issue in a Muslim-majority country.

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  Premium wine counterfeiting ring busted in Italy

  The criminal network targeted Grand Cru French wines, charging as much as €15,000 for a single bottle.

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