Food & Beverage

Food firms and IBM join forces in blockchain consortium

Nestle, Unilever and Walmart and others join forces with IBM to use its blockchain network to fight food fraud.

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  China sued for counterfeit trademarks amid trade talks

  The European Commission has given the go-ahead for member states to sue China for counterfeit trademarks.

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  Illicit alcohol found in Mexican clampdown

  Mexico seizes thousands of gallons of low-quality illicit alcohol in an operation targeting tourist resorts.

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  40 million-bottle fake French wine scam probed

  French wine routed through bulk wine trading company Raphael Michel is under investigation.

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  Carrot 'fingerprinting' could fight organic food fraud

  EU researchers have shown they can determine the origin of organic carrots using metabolomic fingerprinting.

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  Traceability firm rfXcel raises 'transformative' $30m

  Track and trace solutions provider rfXcel has raised $30m in second-round funding.

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  One in five Canadian sausages contain undeclared species

  A study has found that 20 per cent of sausages sold in Canada don't contain the meat indicated on the label.