early warning system (2)

13029567681?profile=RESIZE_400xThe Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission have published a report that includes an overview of food fraud information sharing networks and incident data held around the world.  (including both the Food Industry Intelligence Network, Fiin, and the 2022 Defra report FA0175 into food fraud drivers and mitigation tools).

The report recommends the funding of a new predictive analytics model to try and prioritise future fraud risks based on historic patterns of reported incidents.  This would be predicated on improved data sharing between different countries and between industry and governments.  The report recommends a public-private partnership model to develop the concept.

Read more…

11824541898?profile=RESIZE_710xNew publication using outputs of MedISys-FF finds that:

  • Meat and meat products were the most reported fraudulent food products.
  • Adulterated food commodities are mainly associated with the expiry date and tampering.

The MedISys-FF tool developed by Bouzembrak and colleagues (Bouzembrak et al., 2018) uses the MedISys portal of the European Media Monitor (EMM), a system that uses text mining to collect media articles worldwide.

Read the full article.

Read more…