GENERAL DISCUSSION

Shape policy for transparent food systems!

✅Do you have experience of developing policy/regulation that impacts on the food system?

✅Do you have experience of implementing policy/regulation that impacts on the food system?

✅Does your work aim to influence policy/regulation that impacts on the f

Swedish Food Regulator rewards sites with certification

Livsmedelsverket, the Swedish Food Agency, has introduced a new risk classification model for assessing how much public control a company in the food sector should receive. They do this by identifying and assessing the greatest risks and adapting the

food and agri update 25 Nov

Happy Thanksgiving! looking at turkeys, bird flu and cell-cultured chicken, this week's ASA rulings look at the use of emotive language and how 'the' can cause a comparative claim #vodaphone Also a look at recent guides provided on advertising to chi

Food & Agri Update week ending 21 Oct

Food & Agri Update for week ending 21 Oct.

Inflation! ASA adjudications - sustainability claims for service providers looks at entire spectrum of investments for HSBC. Also biodegradability does not equal green for disposable wipes and landfill. Ther

Near Miss reporting in Hospitality

We have identified that the hospitality Industry (SMEs specifically) are not currently doing enough to capture near miss incidents, specially when related to Allergen Managemnt.

What are your thoughts on Near Miss Reporting - do you see it happen in y

Dutch Regulator confirms certified sites outperform non-certified

Food authenticity, primary production and allergen management

Dear all

I would like to recommend you reading the latest update from Australian Allergen Bureau "Unexpected allergens in food" from January 2021. The document includes good information about Agricultural co-mingling and food fraud issues related to

Orfito by Onatera

I am trying to find out if a brand of vitamins & supplements called Orfito, which are exclusively sold by Onatera.com, are legitimate or a scam. They are priced dramatically lower than other brands, and they say that their independent tests aren't pu

Help shape the future of the Agents and Brokers Standard

BRCGS is revising its Agents and Brokers Standard to ensure that it incorporates the latest industry dynamics and operational practices. The Standard provides a framework for managing product safety, product authenticity, quality and legality for ope

Food fraud focus: Honey -NMR

‘Honey laundering’ food fraudsters are creating increasingly advanced solutions to adulterate honey by combining it with sweeteners such as sugar syrup and high fructose corn syrup.

The verification process to assess the authenticity of honey is a c

Looking for food safety professionals to take part in our online survey

Hi, we regularly do research and have published some useful industry articles.  Our latest piece of work is the impact of food safety and the pandemic.  If you are an industry professional involved with food safety we would really appreciate a few mi

Food Fraud Prevention Tools - Fresh Produce Sector

Are you involved in Fresh Produce in the UK or US?

Shaping The Future of Cannabis & Hemp Standards

Purity-IQ is seeking TWO addition senior people currently involved in the production and quality control of cannabis/hemp based products who are also willing to volunteer their time to participate with peers in a Technical Working Group to provide re

Offal adulteration in meat samples - Method requirements

The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have commissioned Fera Science Ltd. to review current methods that are applicable for use in the detection and speciation of offal in meat products.

As part of the project we seek to

Article on unnecessary water addition to seafood

Members may be interested in this article, published in Infofish International, which has a section on unnecessary water addition to seafood ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD SAFETY: AN ETHICAL CODE AS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY?

Results of two studies to detect undeclared offal in meat products

Offal is a permitted ingredient provided it is accurately labelled on the food packaging.

Two snapshot surveys (2014 and 2019) have both revealed that undeclared offal is present in some retail meat products and it is suggested that further surveillan

Survey to determine types of methods used within the food industry for authentication of produce

Dear Reader,

A UK government funded project (FA0179, Defra), is conducting a survey ‘Food authenticity methods’ to determine what types of methods are used within the food industry for authentication of produce. Simultaneously to this aspect of the wo

New EIM-Module-IRMS for determination of wine, fruit juices and honey authenticity

Hi All,

I would like to draw the attention of other members of the Food Authenticity network to what we are working on in our SG Isotech company. SGI has developed, patented and validated a new fast and accurate isotopic method for determining the bo

We are looking for improvement oriented managers to share their crisis experience with us

Worldwide, no week passes without a product recall in the food industry, due to pathogen contamination. It causes illness and in some worst cases even death.

At SwissDeCode, we don't surrender to events. We have been hit by contaminations and life tau

CEN Food Authenticity Group - FEEDBACK ON PRIORITIES - Your views are needed!

European standardization in the field of food and feed contributes to improving levels of food safety and protecting the health of consumers. CEN (European Committee for Standardization) provides validated test methods that are used by the food indus