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Keep up with the latest thought-leading articles on traceability for food.

UK vegan products found to contain milk or egg

UK vegan products found to contain milk or egg, prompting experts to warn shoppers with severe allergies they face potentially “tragic consequences”. Deficiencies in production and monitoring processes expose the food system to vulnerabilities such as cross-contamination. Natural Trace can help to narrow down the point of contamination.

By: The Guardian

 

Hong Kong Customs Officials Make Record Seizure in Smuggling Bust

Thousands of bottles of liquor suspected of authenticity were seized today by members of the Police and officials of the Customs Department. How Natural Trace can help? We help to rebuild the trusted provenance

By: Maritime Executive

 

Reforms to Modernize the FDA

On the recent World Food Safety Day June 7th. Consumer Brands Association, a trade association consisting of 73 global consumer packaged food companies representing over 2,000 brands believes the FDA should be modernised. Of the 9 suggestions, a reform calls to Make Labeling Flexibilities Permanent and it should embrace digital opportunities to share robust product information beyond the physical label. Another is to Grow Consumer Transparency by implementing plans for food traceability and product visibility to make supply chains more nimble and inform consumers’ purchasing decisions.
Media: Politico Focus

Welsh Beef traceability system can offer reassurance to consumers, says HCC

The current investigation into meat products from abroad being labelled as ‘British’ highlights the value of investing in a full traceability system, according to Welsh red meat body Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC)

Media: Meat Management

Investigating Food Fraud in the Honey Industry

World Congress of Beekeepers issued a report describing adulteration as the greatest threat to beekeepers in the history of beekeeping, showing that the economic damage to beekeepers who produce authentic honey is approximately $1 billion.

By: Ron Phipps

Media: NEWS MEDICAL LIFE SCIENCES

Food fraud secretly infiltrates kitchens across America — here’s how to avoid it

Fraudsters motivated by economic gain secretly infiltrate the global food market through a variety of means, including counterfeits, dilutions, substitution and mislabeling.

Some estimates say food fraud affects at least 1% of the global food industry at a cost as high as $40 billion a year, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

By: Andrea Miller

Media: CNBC

Food Fraud: A New Risk for Plant-Based Foods?

There are more than sixty other widely-available, low-cost materials that could be used to fraudulently increase the nitrogen content of plant powders, in addition to melamine. That’s sixty other materials that could evade the melamine tests!

By: Authentic Food And Food Fraud Advisors

Media: Food Safety Select

That $1,000 Bourbon You Bought May Be a Phony

Counterfeiting – filling luxury bottles with cheap liquor – has hit American whiskey hard as sky-high prices raise the payoff for scammers. Check out Natural-Trace, the world fast food grade bio-barcode for collaboration towards a tamper-proof, imperceptible in-product tag.

By: Clay Risen

Media: New York Times

Palm oil derivatives: are sustainability promises lost in the supply chain?

The Time Is Ripe for Food Traceability. The global movement to hold food companies accountable for the provenance of the goods they grow, distribute, and sell creates an opportunity to devise a broadly beneficial solution for food systems and security.

By: Chih-Ching Lan and Josie Phillips

Media: China Dialog

The Time Is Ripe for Food Traceability

The Time Is Ripe for Food Traceability. The global movement to hold food companies accountable for the provenance of the goods they grow, distribute, and sell creates an opportunity to devise a broadly beneficial solution for food systems and security.

By: Shalini Unnikrishnan, Elfrun von Koeller, Markus Mutz, Henry Fovargue, and Keong Yong

Media: BCG

Starbucks launches olive oil coffee drinks in Italy

Olive oil is a key part of the Mediterranean diet, associated with countries including Italy, Greece and Spain.

By: Annabelle Liang /Business reporter

Media: BBC

Supply Chain Visibility. If It Seems Simple, Look More Closely.

Solving Supply Chain Visibility Problem Requires New Thinking.

By: Lora Cecere

Media: Forbes

Perfume makers are fighting back against an illegal fake scent boom

Between 2017 and 2018, more than 2.2 million fake body care items, including cosmetics and perfumes, were seized in the UK alone, while the OECD estimates that fake goods imported to the UK were worth £13.6bn in 2016, equivalent to three per cent of genuine imports, up from £9.3bn in 2013.

Media: WIRED

Alrik Tan

Research and Product Development

  • Drive Scientific Research, Product Innovation and Technology Commercialisation
 
  • Multi-disciplinary experience across Genomics and Diagnostic Medical Devices
 
  • Biomedical Science (UWA, Aus) and Innovation & IP Management (SUSS, SG)
 
 

Alrik Tan

Research and Product Development

  • Drive Scientific Research, Product Innovation and Technology Commercialisation.

  • Multi-disciplinary experience across Genomics and Diagnostic Medical Devices.

  • Biomedical Science (UWA, Aus) and Innovation & IP Management (SUSS, SG).