A recent article at FoodQualityNews.com reports on the outcome of a series of webinars, and comments on the increased vlunerability to fraud arising from the globalised food supply chain. See the article, Complex and globalized food supply increases vulnerability to fraud, for details.
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A food and drink research firm has been chosen by the UK government to carry out authenticity. Authenticity testing is necessary to identify cases of fraud where olive oil is adulterated with inferior quality oils or other vegetable oils. See the Olive Oil Times article for more information.
A trial site based on the Ning social platform opened on 29 April. The complete IT solution is intended to provide the following features:
- Open access so that it is available to all stakeholders
- Interactive discussion board capability so it can be an open forum for discussion on current issues and knowledge exchange
- Ready access to material from knowledge transfer exercises, standard operating procedures for analytical methods, final research reports, scientific publications and other method related literature.
- A member’s only area or a “safe space” to help with discussion of new methods or problems was seen to be important to help facilitate the advancement of new scientific approaches and techniques through discussion and co-operation.
- News sections, including (for example) food authenticity alerts, information on new relevant publications etc.
The trial site will be open for up to two weeks in the first instance. If successful, it may form the basis for the live site.
