food fraud | Food Engineering

Recording the chain of custody of olive oil

Automation Technology

Blockchain Technology: Slow on the Uptake?

Blockchain technology could solve a lot of food safety and supply chain problems, but acceptance has been relatively slow in the U.S.

Wayne Labs

October 11, 2023

Implementing blockchain technology needs some more time to gestate.

Processing Technology

Analytical Instrumentation: When Exacting Information is Needed

Whether it’s maintaining quality or proving authenticity, precise measurements provide the data to make informed decisions.

Wayne Labs

September 15, 2023

Beyond the normal process measurements needed to check that production is on track, analytical instrumentation can track important variables that can keep difficult-to-control processes on track.

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Market Research

Food Fraud and Clean Labels Influence Food Authenticity Testing

April 27, 2023

Advancements in food authenticity testing and increases in food fraud are influencing the global market growth of testing services.

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Software/Devices

UNISOT’s nChain Solution to End Food Fraud

April 11, 2023

A blockchain software solution by UNISOT could help with traceability and stabilization of the food economy.

Food Fraud

How sweet—or potent—is your honey?

While adulterated honey can have unreported sugar added, that’s not the only thing that’s been found in the sweetener

Wayne Labs

January 13, 2022

Honey can be a vehicle of food fraud or contain illegal ingredients

Supply chains

Food fraud is not only an economic drain but also a supply chain safety concern

Sharon Spielman

July 14, 2020

Guarding against food fraud in the supply chain can be a costly, resource-intensive effort—but the potential effects of not catching it can be disastrous.

Supply Chain

Fighting food fraud with the right tools

Analytical and software tools make it easier to manage suppliers and weed out fraudulent ones

Wayne Labs

September 24, 2018

Severin Weiss, CEO of SpecPage and an expert in integrated software process solutions for recipe-based food and beverage processors, thinks PLM (product lifecycle management) and PDM (product data management) are two sets of tools that can help food processors avoid using fraudulent ingredients from less-than-scrupulous suppliers.

Food fraud

Combatting the growth of fake food

Food is now the fourth most valuable counterfeit market, and foods such as olive oil, honey, fish, vinegar, vanilla and coffee top the list.

Maria Ferrante

November 29, 2017

As brand manufacturers continue to source from an ever-growing list of ingredients and suppliers, food is now the fourth most valuable counterfeit market, according to the 2016 Brand Protection and Product Traceability Market Research Report.

Food fraud

How barcodes can help fight food fraud

Food ranks among the top five most valuable counterfeit markets

Sean Riley

September 28, 2017

Within the layered approach to brand protection are overt technologies — barcodes, holograms, watermarks, embossing and etching — and covert technologies — taggants, UV, infrared and fluorescent inks, Smart technology and radio frequency identification (RFID).

FSMA

USP's new Food Fraud Database aims to help with FSMA

The redesigned database is meant to provide brand protection, increase consumer trust.

August 3, 2016

Its goal is to help food manufacturers and retailers make informed decisions about ingredients in their portfolio that may have a greater potential of being adulterated.