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Misrepresentation and Counterfeiting of Wine - FSA - NFCU Rating - RED - Action strongly advised
SUBJECT OF ALERT: The Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit is asking businesses to be aware of several brands of wine that have been found…
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BRCGS has launched Directory Pro, a new online tool designed to help businesses verify and monitor BRCGS certifications across their supply chains. Directory Pro provides a searchable registry of certificated sites, live status data, and…
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Mar 17
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Mar 16
Selvarani Elahi published an article
The EU Horizon DETECTIVE project aims to create, validate, and apply pioneering detection techniques for identifying organisms and products as a result of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs).
The DETECTIVE project is organising a workshop on the 29th…
Mar 11
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FAN is pleased to highlight a newly published peer-reviewed article presenting a recommended framework designed to support more structured and consistent implementation in practice: Towards harmonisation in food authentication: How to establish…
Feb 18
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Cell Cultivated Products (CCPs) are novel foods produced by growing animal cells in controlled environments rather than through traditional livestock farming. CCPs offer the potential for sustainable and ethical alternatives to conventional protein…
Feb 10
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When crises disrupt Europe’s food system, no single actor can respond effectively alone. That’s why SecureFood is developing a Resilience Governance Framework, which includes a new cooperation mechanism to help governments, industry, researchers,…
Feb 9
Selvarani Elahi published an article
 🚨 Registration is NOW OPEN! 🚨                                                🍽️ Authentic Food Festival & Conference 📍 Dublin | 📅 27–28 May
Join food professionals, researchers, and fraud fighters from across the globe for two unforgettable days of…
Feb 2
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Speaker: Michael Jackson, Independent Governance Board member of Safe to Trade and former Head of Regulatory Compliance at FSA.
Date: Jan 20, 2026
Time: 11:00 - 12:30 GMT

Ensuring robust food safety practices is essential for protecting consumers,…
Jan 14
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched new online guidance to help people buy and use food supplements with confidence, as many look to boost their health in the new year.
The FSA’s top tips for using supplements safely; 

Check the label for…
Jan 12
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PAS 96 Protecting and defending food and drink from deliberate attack - Guide
 
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This PAS provides guidance on preventing and mitigating deliberate (intentional) threats to food and drink and their supply chains, using the Threat Assessment…
Jan 5
Selvarani Elahi published an article
The EFF-CoP: European Food Fraud Community of Practice, is excited to pre-announce the first Authentic Food Festival & Conference on 27–28 May 2026, Dublin, Ireland.
This is a bold new event bringing together science, industry, enforcement, policy,…
Jan 5
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Wishing you a wonderful holiday period and a Happy New Year!
Your FAN Team
 
Dec 19, 2025
Selvarani Elahi published an article
The Government Chemist Conference will take place on 23-24 June 2026 at Nexus, University of Leeds with remote attendance options.
Meet experts to discuss how measurement science and regulation can underpin effective solutions to the challenges…
Dec 18, 2025
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is Canada's leading authority on food fraud oversight. This report shares how they prevented a significant amount of misrepresented food from being sold in Canada.
Between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024,…
Dec 18, 2025
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