Food & Beverage

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  How physical brand investigation methods are evolving

  Don't overlook brick-and-mortar retailers when planning your brand protection programme, advises ApiraSol's Axel Hein.

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  Analytical technique can spot counterfeit eggs

  Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy could provide a rapid way to detect the food fraud at an industrial scale.

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  Media-monitoring service finds food fraud trends

  MedISys-FF may also pick up emerging threats before they become widespread, according to the researchers.

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  UK shop owner pleads guilty to selling fake Wonka bars

  Nathan Bennett was prosecuted previously for selling Wonka bars in similar circumstances in Lincolnshire.

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  Spanish police bust counterfeit saffron network

  The gang worked out how to substitute the spice with powdered gardenia extract in a way that foiled testing.

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  Unilever pilots blockchain for sustainable palm oil sourcing

  Unilever says it is committed to achieving a deforestation-free supply chain by 2023 using a "tech-enabled approach."

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