Keep up with the latest thought-leading articles on traceability for food.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Solving Supply Chain Visibility Problem Requires New Thinking.
By: Lora Cecere
Media: Forbes
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
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