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EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions - Monthly Reports

A reminder that the EU now publishes a monthly collation of "Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions".  A permanent link to these is also within FAN's Food Fraud Prevention reports listing. Such reports are a valuable aid to vulnerability assessment updates and reviews.

One example within the detail of September's "Suspicions" report is the potential for cause-and-effect between food safety risks and subsequent fraud risks.  Historically, the fumigant ethylene oxice (ETO) has been used to control salmonella risk in shipments of dry seeds/powder ingredients and additives, including xanthan gum.  With the EU ban on ETO, there have been recent RASFFs for residues of ETO in xantham gum.  The impact of the ban on salmonella risk is unclear.  We are now seeing cases of faked health certificates for xanthan gum.

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