By • July 18, 2023 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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By • July 11, 2023 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
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By • July 4, 2023 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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By • June 27, 2023 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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By • June 20, 2023 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
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By • June 13, 2023 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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By • June 6, 2023 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
By • May 30, 2023 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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