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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Excerpt – Data Analytics: The Value of Predictive Models and Enhanced Traceability

Excerpt – Data Analytics: The Value of Predictive Models and Enhanced TraceabilityBy •

Artificial intelligence and machine learning seem to be the new data analytics or big data hype. There’s an assumption that there is ‘enough’ of the ‘right’ data available to make decisions. There is a difference between a ‘model for insight’ and a ‘model for prediction.’ Food fraud is […]

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Review: Food Fraud Resources Including Primers and Reports – Share Widely

Review: Food Fraud Resources Including Primers and Reports – Share WidelyBy •

This blog post reviews the free resources that address food fraud prevention hot topics. Our online library has many primer documents and more detailed insight reports. Topics include: FF Compliance Summary, FF Suspicious Activity Report Method, FF Initial Screening and Vulnerability Assessment guidance, and several overviews of Enterprise

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Conference Presentation Schedule: BRC/BRCGS (this Thursday), IAFP, and AOAC

Conference Presentation Schedule: BRC/BRCGS (this Thursday), IAFP, and AOACBy •

The research-education-outreach cycle is sparked by hearing from other people. Each of my research projects started with someone who identified a real-world problem. If you are attending any of these events, let’s meet. My next public event is the BRC/ BRCGS Connect event in Toronto this Thursday and

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Food Fraud Professional Education: In-Person Seminars and Workshops for Completing Your Annual Compliance Requirements

Food Fraud Professional Education: In-Person Seminars and Workshops for Completing Your Annual Compliance RequirementsBy •

Register now for the Food Fraud Annual Update Workshop to complete your program review and next steps. If you first need to prepare/complete your vulnerability assessment and prevention strategy, also register for the earlier Food Fraud Implementation Method Workshop. And if you need an introduction to the entire

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Food Safety Summit Review: Adapt Resources for Small, Very Small, and Start-up Companies

Food Safety Summit Review: Adapt Resources for Small, Very Small, and Start-up CompaniesBy •

Since our session at the Food Safety Summit, our panelists have realized the opportunity and benefit of directly addressing small, very small, and start-up companies. For example, we can create a simple ‘start here’ video – or a ‘resource for small businesses – for food fraud prevention resources

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