I am honored to Chair the IAFP Food Fraud Professional Development Group (FF PDG). A key activity of our PDG is the survey of our membership (below). Please complete the survey and join our PDG meeting at the IAFP conference on July 16, 2023, from 1 to 3 …
INVITATION – IAFP Food Fraud Professional Development Group Survey and Meeting, 2023 Read More »
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 …
Review: Food Fraud Resources Including Primers and Reports – Share Widely Read More »
USAID halted humanitarian food aid to ‘famine-like conditions’ in Ethiopia because so many products were being stolen. This is the ‘theft’ type of food fraud, and a food fraud prevention strategy can be applied for assessment and prevention. This is a massively complex problem, and simple first steps …
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It’s been five years since the GFSI Food Fraud Technical Document was published, and there is still confusion about HACCP, TACCP, & VACCP. GFSI requires three separate assessments that converge in an overall food safety management system. Separating the assessments is actually easier than doing them together. GFSI …
Primer on HACCP, TACCP, & VACCP (Three Separate Assessments) Read More »
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 …
Conference Presentation Schedule: BRC/BRCGS (this Thursday), IAFP, and AOAC Read More »
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 …
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 …
Food Safety Summit Review: Adapt Resources for Small, Very Small, and Start-up Companies Read More »
This new free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) covers the food fraud prevention aspects of Supply Chain Management & Procurement. This includes simple survey questions that can be asked of your suppliers. The course was created after a few companies asked about ‘what can we expect from our …
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