Welcome to the Food Fraud Initiative! We are using this blog as a tool to share with you the frequent updates and developments in the world of Food Fraud. In addition, your comments can add value to the discussion and help set the direction for new topics and research. Our mission is to leverage...
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A new 2018 FAO report, “Overview of Food Fraud in the Fisheries Sector,” presents a foundation and direction for the prevention of this type of food fraud. The report acknowledges the public health threat, negative impact on consumer confidence, and the enforcement challenge for governments. Key recommendations begin with a food fraud vulnerability assessment...
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Last week on May 9, 2018, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) published a Food Fraud Technical Document titled “Tackling Food Fraud Through Food Safety Management Systems,” which outlines the new compliance requirements. Some requirements may be surprising or lead to audit non-conformances but the basic principles are not new. In addition to this...
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This is an overview of the MSU Food Fraud Initiative (FFI) current course offerings. These are all public course offerings so please feel free to forward to your colleagues, customers, suppliers or even auditors. MOOC Courses (free, massive open online courses which are two, 2-hour webinars plus readings, discussion boards, and an assessment): Topics...
Read more →Please comment on this glossary of over 250 terms related to Food Fraud – link provided. Globally there are many ongoing Food Fraud implementation activities, including work on the definitions. This is intended as a comprehensive resource to support those activities. Published Glossary Document: LINK TO LATEST PUBLISHED DOCUMENT: http://foodfraud.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FFIR-Glossary-Definitions-2018-v9-formatted.pdfFFIR Glossary Definitions 2018 v9 formatted...
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New York Times headline: FINE JAPANESE ART OF MAKING FAKE FOOD. Actually this is legal, valuable to the food industry, and recognized not only as pop-culture but as art! There have been art gallery exhibits of the fake food. To clarify, there is a widespread practice in Japan of providing plastic representations of the...
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