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• June 7, 2022 ‘Enabling the shift to prevention’ is challenging because, usually, there have been years of measuring success by the number of arrests, length of incarceration, or pounds of products seized. Shifting from reaction to prevention requires a new set of proactive success metrics. When creating a new food fraud […]
EXCERPT – Enabling the Shift to Prevention with Quality Control Metrics 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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• April 19, 2022 We are offering our first live, in-person Food Fraud Prevention MOOC program for this year’s Food Safety Summit. It will be held Monday, May 9, 2022, during the pre-conference workshop in Rosemont, Illinois. My co-instructor will be Dr. Roy Fenoff from The Citadel. Food Fraud Prevention Workshop at
ANNOUNCEMENT – Food Fraud Prevention MOOC at the Food Safety Summit (May 9, 2022) 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 15, 2022 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION in our latest “Food Fraud 20 Questions” survey on Food Document Fraud – Concerns and Countermeasures. This is an update of our 2016 survey on the topic and is a 5-10 minute online, confidential, anonymous survey. Please participate or forward it to others as you
New “Food Fraud 20 Questions” Survey: Food Document Fraud – Concerns and Countermeasures Read More »
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• January 4, 2022 This is a review of our recent article in Food Safety Magazine and the follow-up interview for their Food Safety Matters Podcast. How much has – or hasn’t – been accomplished in the ten years since food fraud was first formally defined? Even though the food industry has
REVIEW: “Ten Years Later – Defining Food Fraud and Envisioning the Future” Read More »
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• November 30, 2021 The Food Fraud Prevention textbook has over 2.4 million chapters downloaded! With nineteen chapters, that is equivalent to 126k full books downloaded. Researchers are finding this resource since many of those downloads are through university libraries. Order book here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4939-9621-6?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction_authors&utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_deeplink_PID9101220&utm_content=deeplink I first approached Springer Publishing in 2013 about
Food Fraud Prevention Textbook – Now Over 2.4 Million Chapters Downloaded! Read More »
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• November 23, 2021 This is an important report since it is the UK Parliament providing insight to their Members of Parliament. This is a foundation document that presents the UK Parliament’s thinking – and possible direction – regarding food fraud public policy setting. The report emphasized prevention, public-private collaboration, and building
REVIEW – UK Parliament Report on Food Fraud (POSTNOTE No. 624, Food Fraud) Read More »
