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    Food fraud and food safety programs fight back

    • Last Update: 2022-09-30
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    □Nuno Soares
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    Nuno Soares: Since 1999 in the food industry, he has been working as a production quality manager with professional experience


    In recent years, some food fraud cases have been exposed


    Food fraud refers to the act of deceiving consumers in terms of raw materials and packaging of



    Analysis from 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2016, the RASSF (Food and Feed Rapid Warning System) report showed that among the major food categories, the most reported fraud in nut and seed products was reported, while seafood (fish and shellfish) and meat also accounted for about 48%



    Recently, cases of food fraud categorized by product category could be found in a study conducted by the Food Fraud Database and the National Food Crime Department, which stands for the Food Standards Agency and Scottish Food Standards


    Table 1 Examples of food fraud for various products

    The benchmarks of the food safety program GFSI, such as BRC, FSSC 22000, IFS, SQF, etc.



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