Agri-Business
FSA launches new food fraud hotline for people to share concerns
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a new freephone number for the food fraud hotline as new research estimates...
Food Fraud
Agri-Business
Isotope testing 'effective' in verifying origin of pork
Isotope testing carried out by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has been described as highly effective in verifying...
N.Ireland
Belfast company developing tech to detect food fraud
Belfast-based company Bia Analytical Ltd. has signed an agreement with trinamiX GmbH to develop technology to detect food fraud in the...
N.Ireland
New food-testing method a ‘game-changer’ for food supply chain
A food-testing method to ensure food authenticity has achieved 100% accuracy in a research project led by the Institute for...
N.Ireland
Booths supplied with mislabelled meat in 2021
UK supermarket Booths has confirmed that it was supplied with meat products which claimed to be British when in fact...
N.Ireland
QUB scientists support major African food fraud investigation
Food security scientists at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) have helped identify the cause of a humanitarian crisis and avert a...
Agri-Business
UK's first national provenance centre launched in mission to end food fraud
Plans to create a ground-breaking independent food provenance centre to improve transparency in the sector in England have been unveiled....
N.Ireland
Reactor fraud: Illegal TB tag swapping suspected in the North
Some “selfish” owners of TB reactor cattle have been suspected of swapping ear tags in a bid to get rid...
EU
'Growing phenomenon' of food fraud forces MEPs to pass new rules
New rules have been passed in the European Parliament which will help tackle the ‘growing phenomenon’ of food fraud, Irish MEP...
