Author name: John W. Spink, PhD

Dr. John Spink is Director of the Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank, as well as Lead Instructor of the Food Fraud Prevention Academy, which provides free online training. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management (SCM) in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University (MSU). His food fraud prevention research focus is on policy and strategy to understand and prevent these supply chain disruptions and to implement procurement best practices. He is widely published in leading academic journals and has helped lead national and global regulatory and standards activity. More recently, his teaching and research have expanded from only food fraud prevention to now include integrated supply chain management and, more broadly, supply chain product fraud and counterfeiting. Dr. Spink is the author of the first textbook on the topic with the 2019 publication “Food Fraud Prevention – Development, Management, and Implementation."

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FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Stephen Ostroff (pictured above), presented on Food Fraud at the October 30-31, 2017  “FOOD FRAUD – GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING: Global Action for Prevention and Mitigation of Food Fraud” conference here in Beijing. Since his presentation last April there are several […]

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Report – Applying Enterprise Risk Management to Food Fraud Prevention, with a Case Study Example of a Food Fraud Management System

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This is a follow-up to our March 2017 Food Fraud Insight Report (FFIR) on “The Role of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Food Fraud Prevention.” Our new report expands to the applications built around a case study of a complex Food Fraud management system. Key concepts addressed are

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Food Fraud Prevention Compliance – What is Really Required? (Announcement of the New Food Fraud Audit Guide MOOC)

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This blog post was created after several separate conversations with several senior industry leaders who are in charge of Food Fraud prevention for their Fortune 1000 Corporations. “Wait, what? What is required for GFSI compliance?” The answer was simple but a bit of a revelation. Also, by focusing

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Review – CODEX CCFICS23 Meeting Summary – Action to Define Food Fraud and Related Terms

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Friday, May 5    Earlier today, Codex Alimentarius (CODEX, the world food code) took a major Food Fraud commitment by proposing an Electronic Working Group (EWG) to review other CODEX texts and to create a definition and scope for Food Fraud/ Food Integrity/ Food Authenticity/ related terms. The

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Publication – The Role of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Food Fraud Prevention – with Webinar Link

Publication – The Role of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in Food Fraud Prevention – with Webinar LinkBy •

Your CEO – and possibly you – are legally liable for managing the financial impact of Food Fraud, whether you know it or not. This is an ‘inherent’ risk and addressing Food Fraud does NOT create a NEW risk. Attached you will find our new ERM report, a

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Review – New FSSC 22000 Version 4 Regarding Food Fraud and Food Defense

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Question: Are you compliant with the Food Fraud requirements of the new FSSC 22000 standard — maybe, but probably not yet. Yesterday FSSC released their new Version 4 which follows GFSI direction to require (1) a Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment (FFVA) and (2) a Food Fraud Prevention Strategy.

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FSMA Qualified Individual Training Video Regarding Food Fraud – Free Link

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As of last September, it was a FSMA compliance requirement to conduct a Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment for all types of fraud for all your products. Attached is our public, free, open video presentation on Food Fraud from the FSMA Preventive Control for Human Food (PCHF) Qualified Individual

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“Food Fraud 20 Questions”: Document Fraud – Concerns and Countermeasures

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This is our second “Food Fraud 20 Questions” survey, which covers Document Fraud – Concerns and Countermeasures. This is a 5-10 minute online, confidential, anonymous survey. Please participate or forward it to others as you see fit. Your involvement will help by creating research and reports that help

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