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• April 8, 2024 This is the second of three reviews of ‘The GFSI Food Fraud Prevention Compliance Development & Requirements.’ Expanding on GFSI recognition of food fraud as a problem, this blog reviews the start of food fraud research and the shift to prevention and vulnerability assessments in VACCP. Reference: The […]
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• August 15, 2023 (FREE download until September 14) This is another excerpt from my new article. This post provides background on the creation of the food fraud prevention compliance requirement. Specifically, this reviews the wide range of standards that define the Vulnerability Assessment and Critical Control Point plan (VACCP) concept. Link
Excerpt – The GFSI Food Fraud 10-Year Review: Creation of VACCP Read More »
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• August 8, 2023 (FREE download until September 14) Back in 2012, GFSI took the first step to review food fraud by creating the GFSI Food Fraud Think Tank. Addressing food fraud became a compliance requirement in 2018. This article reviews the development, compliance, and future of food fraud prevention. Link to
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• May 2, 2023 Are food fraud prevention audits really valuable? Yes, to meet the goal of identifying a compliant process and to ‘demonstrate implementation.’ But there is often confusion about the purpose of an audit versus an inspection, investigation, or prosecution. There is often criticism that a food fraud prevention audit
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• April 18, 2023 At first glance, food fraud may not seem as hot as a few years ago, but the activities are logically, methodically, and optimally maturing along the ‘hype cycle.’ The melamine and horsemeat incidents were hype triggers, and we are now past the ‘Peak of Inflated Expectations’ in the
Food Fraud (and GFSI) Maturing Along the Hype Cycle and to the ‘Plateau of Productivity’ Read More »
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• November 15, 2022 A simulation is “Illegitimate product that is designed to look like but not exactly copy the legitimate product.” These should be monitored because they can cause consumer confusion or evolve into intellectual property rights infringement—for example, the case of Petrus Lamberti. At the INTERPOL/ Europol Operation OPSON meeting
The Danger of Simulations and the Case of Petrus Lambertini vs. Chateau Petrus Read More »
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• March 22, 2022 Can you believe the GFSI food fraud requirements are five years old? Has there been a lot or a little progress? Both. The strategies, vulnerability assessments, audits, and management oversight were just starting to mature as COVID shut down business operations. I recently presented “Food fraud prevention: three
GFSI Food Fraud Requirement Update for Year Five Read More »
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• February 22, 2022 We have published eight Food Fraud Insight Reports (FFIR) that provide actionable information based on a dive deep into key topics. These provide key insights for updating FSMA or GFSI compliance requirements, as well as the newly very hot area of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM/ COSO). The reports
Library of Food Fraud Insight Reports Read More »
