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Food Fraud Prevention \u2013 Food Fraud Suspicious Activity Report (FFSAR) Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nFood fraud is one of the most important and urgent issues facing the food industry because of consumer safety concerns. There is also an increased reporting of incidents in social media, traditional media, and in scientific reports. Moreover, the number of reported false alarms indicates there is a need for standardized investigation methods and processes. This Food Fraud Suspicious Report (FFSAR) tool was created for a wide range of users, including journalists, regulators, public relations professionals, criminal investigators, criminal intelligence analysts, food authorities, and other researchers. The FFSAR tool provides a logical and methodical review, investigation, and (if necessary) report of a food fraud incident. The FFSAR can be used for organizing information before beginning the more formal and methodical criminal intelligence analysis, supply chain mapping, or Hot Spot analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The method and process are designed to provide a methodical way to assess suspicious activity. This would be incorporated into the corporate-wide-ident management, early warning system, or quality management system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When there is a report of a problem, there are some basic intelligence analysis questions that should be asked before taking any action. At this point, you do not know if it is an incident, a suspicious activity that is a problem, or is activity that is ok but might seem weird to someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Table: FFSAR \u2013 Suspicious Activity Report \u2013 Survey Questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n- Basic Questions
- What is the concern?<\/li><\/ol>
- What is the type of information (e.g., lab test, rumor, investigation report, etc.)?<\/li><\/ol>
- What is the source of information (e.g., internal company, industry competitor, industry stakeholder, consumer, inspector, investigator, general concern, consumer advocate, etc.)?<\/li><\/ol>
- Date (e.g., of the event or incident)?<\/li><\/ol>
- Source of Samples (Location, sampling method, sampling plan, and who found the sample)?<\/li><\/ol>\n
\n- Compliance (What specific law, regulation, certification, standard, or specification has been violated.)?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Raw materials \u2013 are critical raw materials used in the finished product authentic? Critical raw materials would be defined as those raw materials that may significantly affect.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Supplier Details, Approvals, Audits, or Inspections<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Processing \u2013 Would processing alter any of the critical raw materials where when tested for the presence of may not be detectable (e.g., denaturation, masking, etc.)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Formulation \u2013 Would other raw materials interfere with the critical raw materials where when tested for the presence of may not be detectable?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Tampering \u2013 test sample or retail package: Review for concerns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Authenticity Testing: Review results or conduct tests.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Takeaway Points<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n- It is crucial to receive quick reports of any food fraud incident or suspicious behavior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- There are many reports that do not include a lot of information and that are not actually incidents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Review, share, apply or even require the use of the Food Fraud Suspicious Activity Report (FFSAR) tool to streamline your incident reviews \u2013 with this fill-in-the-blanks survey, the food fraud investigators could become more efficient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Announcing the new Primer document that introduces the Food Fraud Suspicious Activity Report tool (FFSAR). This free and public tool is a standardized way to organize your incident or suspicious activity information. It was developed with INTERPOL\/ Europol Operation Opson attendees. Use, apply and share widely. 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