Rat meat Food Fraud should not be unexpected… but the Food Fraud incidents are getting to be what the New York Times stated as “…new depths of disgust.” We know there has been meat protein fraud, rats are a meat protein option in many parts of the world, and there are reports of global...
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If “counterfeiters attend anti-counterfeit conferences” then Food Fraudsters will be attending the Food Safety Summit next week in Baltimore. We just need to be aware of this and continue to raise the bar. There will be plenty of Food Fraud insights gained from what is said – and what isn’t said – in the...
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If you want to position your organization to deter the bad guys – not just to keep defending against the next melamine or horse meat – a strategic approach based on education is critical. Many programs are in “Whac-A-Mole” mode, always chasing the next incident. The first course in our online Graduate Certificate in...
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“E. coli doesn’t surf FDA.gov to find more efficient ways to get on products… counterfeiters do.” I frequently start my presentations with this statement and it usually gets a chuckle…then a nervous laugh. All the research publications and sharing of best practices that help protect the food supply from Food Safety risks, if applied...
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Quantitative estimates of product fraud are elusive if not impossible to determine. The bad guys don’t submit annual reports and don’t share estimates of their activities – at least not outside their criminal organizations. We know what we caught but we have no idea what we didn’t catch. Did we only catch the sloppy...
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