Publicly reported food fraud incidents Regulatory alerts, media reports, and industry publications Peer-reviewed scientific publications Food Fraud Database Facts Nearly 6,000 ingredients tracked 3,000+ adulterants captured 18,000+ records 100+ news records per month ...
data covered livestock, poultry, by-products, and various processed meat products. We conducted a summary analysis of meat food fraud incidents by researching fraud types, regional distribution, adulterants and categories involved, categories and sub-categories of foods, risk links and locations, etc....
This database supplements the gaps in the internationally established economically motivated adulteration (EMA) database. Statistical results showed that the data reported by the media accounted for 71.6% of the total amount of food fraud information. Most fraud incidents wer...
" notedTodd Abrahamof Mondelēz International and a member of USP's Board of Trustees. "The Food Fraud Database 2.0 provides food manufacturers with the ability to look at past incidents of fraud and take proactive steps to protect their supply...
An analysis of more than 1,300 reported incidents collected by the Food Fraud Database from 1980 through 2010 revealed the most fraud-prone ingredients, from olive oil to honey. Beware of these fake foods--they may be a health threat.
Second, food safety incidents often co- occur, in the sense that when a fraud on a specific type of food is not cracked down on by the government, similar incidents tend to be seen reoccurring. Moreover, malpractice affecting one type of food may be adapted to different types of food. ...
The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has added nearly 800 new records, mostly from 2011 and 2012, to its Food Fraud Database, increasing the size of the database by 60%. The original database contained 1,300 records, covering fraud reports issued between 1980 and 2010. The data...
Food Fraud is a collective term used to encompass the deliberate and intentional substitution, addition, tampering, or misrepresentation of food, food ingredients, or food packaging, or false or misleading statements made about a product for economic gain (Congressional Research Service, 2014). Vulnera...
While a food safety incident is unintentional, food fraud is intentional and driven by economic interests (Chammem et al., 2018). In either case, a lack of specific information, fueled by mass media coverage, can heighten consumers’ risk perceptions, potentially leading to reduced demand for ...
usually known to this website. However, in the event that it is made known, that information is never revealed to anyone except to processing authorities or law enforcement agencies. However, the provider of such information gives express permission to use it in fraud investigation or for ...