A brand-new approach has been proven to be effective in identifying food frauds in fish, rice, fruit juices, olive oil, milk, and spices, particularly oregano and saffron. ENEA developed the SafeFood, a photoac [...]
The European Commission has recently released the 2020 annual report of the EU Agri-Food Fraud Network (EU FFN) and the Administrative Assistance and Cooperation system for Food Fraud (AAC-FF). Ov [...]
According to publicly available statistics, honey is routinely ranked as one of the top five food fraud products. Honey is significantly more expensive to make than other sugar syrups, especially those derived [...]
According to Croatian newspapers, Europol and Interpol have identified horse meat sold as veal as part of the operation OPSON X. Thus, the horse meat scandal has resurfaced. The problem arose following statemen [...]
The findings of Oceana Canada's newest seafood fraud investigation, published on August 4th as part of the most extensive, nationwide, multi-year DNA testing research in Canada, show that 46% of seafood samples [...]
OPSON 2020 was a joint operation between Europol and INTERPOL that targeted the trafficking of counterfeit and substandard food and beverages. The operation, which was the eighth of its type, took place from De [...]
Saffron is one of the world's most expensive agricultural goods, yet it's also the most often adulterated spice, with undisclosed plant-based surrogates or synthetic components imitating color and shape. Saffro [...]
Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) was employed in a case study to detect adulteration of acacia honey with canola honey. DNA was extracted from pollen in acacia honey and canola honey using foll [...]
A court in Antwerp condemned two men and one woman accused of being at the heart of Belgium's largest-ever food scam. The three were among seven people charged and four firms accused of using the pesticide Fipr [...]
More than 800 tons of tomato concentrate have been seized in South Italy by Carabinieri (national gendarmerie) of the Agri-Food Protection Command from a company leader in the canning sector. The investigations [...]
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