In February and June 2026, the Global Alliance on Food Crime (GAFC) held its first two quarterly virtual meetings of the year, bringing together member agencies from across the Alliance. Discussions focused on opportunities to raise awareness of the GAFC and its remit, while strengthening collaboration to address the evolving threat of food crime.
The meetings also explored opportunities for closer collaboration with the Food Authenticity Network (FAN), whose open-access…
The FAN Annual Highlights 2025 is now available in five languages.
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This study (IAFP membership or purchase required) investigated whether there are…
Traditional PCR methods for detecting species adulteration in buffalo milk are both highly sensitive and non-quantitative, and therefore cannot distinguish incidental trace-level contamination from intentional fraudulent adulteration at commercially relevant concentrations.
To address these limitations, researchers in this study (USD $24.95 purchase required) developed a point-of-use quantitative,…
Ask The Expert: 21 July 2026 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (GMT +01:00)
Food fraud is one of the most persistent and costly threats facing the global food and beverage sector, undermining authenticity,…
The 12th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis will take place in Prague on 3 - 6 November. Deadlines for abstract submission and early-bird registration are approaching over the next two months.
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In this free webinar from Tenet Law, award-winning investigative journalist Kaf Okpattah will talk about the new arms race of deepfake calls, psychological manipulation and advanced money laundering techniques. These criminals – many of them still teenagers – remain constantly one step ahead of the authorities and are adept at exploiting our social and digital weaknesses.
For decades, fraudsters were seen as opportunistic criminals targeting the vulnerable. This is no longer…
The International Food Safety and Quality Network (IFSQN) host a weekly food safety webinar each Friday.
This week’s topic (1 May) will be “Food Fraud in 2026”. Karen Constable, of Authentic Food Pty Ltd, will talk about how food fraud vulnerabilities and best practices for prevention have changed in the last few years. Join this webinar to discover new emerging threats, up to date methods for vulnerability assessments, AI-powered monitoring and risk prediction and the evolving…
