This is just one of the most recent headlines or warnings from the food industry. Food Fraud is not only as big of a problem as it was after the melamine and horsemeat incidents, but the years of supply chain disruptions have also morphed and evolved into new …
“Food Supply Chains are Susceptible to Fraud and Adulteration ‘More Than Ever’” Read More »
Addressing food fraud requires commitment. The strategies and responses are hard to put into broad categories. The typical crime-fighting responses usually don’t directly apply. The regular food safety practices are ill-fitting tools. And it is an odd type of business fraud. Trying to manage food fraud – and …
EXCERPT – The Types of Business Fraud (and Why Product Fraud is a Challenge) Read More »
Occasionally, incidents make you scratch your head when considering, “Is it food fraud?” Does it matter what you call it? If you’re the food fraud prevention manager, do you need to take action? During one of my regular calls with a colleague, Jason Bashura, a question arose: “Is …
“Is it Food Fraud or Not?” Illegal Drugs Smuggled in Cans of Soup and Bags of Cookies Read More »
The food fraud term has solidified itself in the food industry lexicon. The food fraud term is steadily growing in publications, with massive growth since 2012. Other terms that are growing at a lower rate are: food adulteration, food authenticity, food integrity, and food protection. I recently found …
The Food Fraud Term is Solidified in the Food Industry Lexicon Read More »
Possibly due to the rapidly changing and growing food fraud vulnerability from COVID and now Ukraine-Russia related inflation, there are more questions coming up about what is ‘enough’ for a Food Fraud Prevention Strategy. Our ‘Organic Product Fraud Gap Analysis in 20 Questions’ is a great place to …
Organic Product Fraud – Gap Analysis in 20 Questions Read More »
This criminology blog series was inspired by questions that have come up recently, including: ‘Has COVID led to more food fraud?’ and ‘What is the impact of inflation on food fraud?’ While there is no statistically significant data yet, can you afford not to act to prevent food …
Criminology Blog Series – Introduction to Crime Prevention (not Crime ‘Catching’) Read More »
Purchasing managers don’t wake up in the morning and think about how to make life more difficult for food safety managers (believe it or not!) In this post we will review food safety from a procurement perspective, and I’ve included a link to my video presentation on this …
PRESENTATION – Food Safety Summit: Food Safety as a Supply Chain Management Problem Read More »
If you don’t understand the type of question you’re answering, you might use the wrong tool. For example, detecting species swapping is very different than preventing country of origin labeling fraud. Known known? Known unknown? Unknown unknown? The classification makes a difference. My good friend and frequent collaborator …
Known Knowns? Unknown Unknowns? Know Your Problem Type to Frame Your Response Read More »
