Food & Beverage

• Scientists make 'programmable' luminescent markers

  31-Jul-24 - They continue to glow after a UV light is removed and can be programmed to fade in stages, making them hard to forge.

• De La Rue's future in doubt as loan payment deadline looms

  25-Jul-24 - All will hinge on the sale of at least one of its authentication and currency businesses, with negotiations ongoing.

• Authentix buys Nanotech Security assets from Meta Materials

  25-Jul-24 - Authentication tech specialist Nanotech Security Corp was sold to Meta Materials for $73 million just three years ago.

• Taiwan billionaire caught up in fake wine allegations

  24-Jul-24 - Amid reports that counterfeits worth $31m may have been sold to high-end clients, Wood Chen has protested his innocence.

• Report advises two-tier approach to spot sunflower oil fraud

  23-Jul-24 - Adulteration of vegetable oils is associated with more health consequences than any other form of food fraud.

• US agencies crack down on lookalike foods laced with THC

  18-Jul-24 - Snacks that mimic brands have been linked to hundreds of hospitalisations in adults and children.

• EU operations find harm from counterfeit pesticides

  18-Jul-24 - Pesticides sold on the black market poisoned farmland and nature reserves in Italy and Spain, says Europol.

• UK poultry farmer gets hefty fine in food fraud case

  16-Jul-24 - Stuart Perkins falsified Salmonella testing certificates, potentially allowing contaminated meat into the food chain.

• CargoNet says US cargo thefts dip after record Q1 levels

  12-Jul-24 - There were recorded 771 theft incidents in the period, a 33 per cent increase on the same period of 2023.

• US Senate passes anti-counterfeit awareness resolution

  10-Jul-24 - July should be denoted as National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education and Awareness Month, says text.

• Crurated brings blockchain-protected wine to Langosteria

  04-Jul-24 - Crurated’s platform allows producer-to-customer provenance and guards against counterfeits and the grey market.

• Non-edible, toxic mushrooms found in food products

  01-Jul-24 - Study used metabarcoding to compare species present in mushroom food products to what is claimed on the label.

• Italian study shows impact of counterfeiting on companies

  26-Jun-24 - Smaller, low-tech companies are found to be most at risk of going out of business due to counterfeiting.

• Rising demand for used cooking oil driving fraud

  20-Jun-24 - Virgin oil may be entering the market as demand for used oil for biodiesel rises, undermining carbon reduction targets.

• Amazon files legal action against fake good facilitators

  19-Jun-24 - Lawsuits claim defendants used illicit schemes to counteract processes designed to prevent the listing of counterfeits.

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