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• August 1, 2022 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 »
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• July 26, 2022 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 »
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• July 19, 2022 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 »
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• July 12, 2022 Our “International Survey of Food Fraud and Related Terminology” journal article was one of the top 10 – not just top ten percent – most-downloaded articles for the Journal of Food Science. This is especially rewarding since governments, industry, and associations have used the article. Reference: Spink, John,
ANNOUNCEMENT – Food Fraud Terminology Survey Research a Top 10 Most-Downloaded Article Read More »
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• May 31, 2022 Our recent consumer food fraud victimization publication has a renewed importance due to the increase in e-commerce and online shopping focus. COVID-19 drove consumers to unprecedented online purchases and e-commerce. There are ways that food companies can position their products to build consumer confidence and reduce the consumer’s
NEW PUBLICATION – Routine Activities Theory and Food Fraud Victimization – Update Read More »
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• May 27, 2022 Yesterday the UK Food Standards Agency (UK FSA) opened a request for comments regarding the investigatory powers of the UK National Food Crime Unit (UK NFCU). The focus is on prevention (not just catching food fraud), including new success metrics that focus on reducing the root causes. Submit
Request for Comments – from the UK National Food Crime Unit Read More »
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• April 12, 2022 Attached you will find our response to the US Codex Delegation request for public comments to the Codex Alimentarius Electronic Work Group on Food Fraud. The most recent draft discussion paper has a noticeable shift to core food fraud concepts and prevention. To review our public comments, see:
Codex and Food Fraud: Public Comments for their Electronic Working Group, Fourth Draft Read More »
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• March 29, 2022 The agriculture and food supply chain disruptions resulting from the Ukraine/Russia event have become a major concern. [1] A review of the book “Taste of War” reveals insight from the Vikings raiding the UK, Germany expanding its border in World War I, and Russia expanding eastward into Ukraine
Book Review and Application to Ukraine/Russia: “Taste of War” by Collingham, 2012 Read More »
