Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
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Dr. John Spink heads the Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank, a group dedicated to interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach. In his blog, Dr. Spink shares updates related to the Prevention of Food Fraud in the Industry. He reviews and comments on Food Reports, Research and more.
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
2d ago
Attached is our response to the US Codex Delegation request for public comments to the Codex Alimentarius Electronic Work Group on Food Fraud. The most recent draft discussion paper is very close to being completed and hopefully approved. Our detailed comments are below. Reference: for more, see the ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
1w ago
The research-education-outreach cycle is sparked by practitioners. Each of my research projects started with someone who identified a real-world problem. Let’s meet: my next public events are the Food Safety LATAM Conference (Cancun), Food Safety Summit (Chicago), MSU Law Conference (East Lansing), and the IAFP Annual Meeting (LA ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
2w ago
This is the third of three reviews of ‘The GFSI Food Fraud Prevention Compliance Development & Requirements.’ This blog post reviews other prevention initiatives and their application to the food supply chain and GFSI. The foundation is set, we’ve made progress, but there is still a long way ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
2w ago
This is the second of three reviews of ‘The GFSI Food Fraud Prevention Compliance Development & Requirements.’ Expanding on GFSI recognition of food fraud as a problem, this blog reviews the start of food fraud research and the shift to prevention and vulnerability assessments in VACCP. Reference: The ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
2w ago
This is the first of three reviews of ‘The GFSI Food Fraud Prevention Compliance Development & Requirements.’ To understand where we need to go, it is helpful to start with why we started the journey and how far we have – or, in many cases, have not ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
3w ago
Our Food Fraud Prevention Advanced Criminology MOOC and our Food Defense Threat Audit Guide MOOC will be combined and offered as a live, scheduled, online webinar – MoocLive. The live lectures will include interactive discussions and a Food Fraud Trends Update summary. Attendees will receive a pre-event survey ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
1M ago
I was invited to discuss my 2009 MSU Packaging PhD Dissertation, product counterfeiting, with the Michigan State Police’s Drug Recognition Expert Program. These are the top 1% of officers who are trained to identify ‘OWI – operating while impaired’ (‘DUI – driving under the influence’). Reference: See related ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
1M ago
Our Food Fraud Prevention Supply Chain Management & Procurement MOOC and our Food Fraud Audit Guide MOOC will be combined and offered as a live, scheduled, online webinar – MoocLive. The live lectures will include interactive discussions and a Food Fraud Trends Update summary. Attendees will receive a ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
2M ago
Especially with recent incidents and the pressure of supply chain challenges and inflation, there is an increased focus on food fraud in audits and inspections – and possibly for investigations and prosecutions too. Fortunately, industry processes are already in place, and audit/ auditor education and training resources are ..read more
Food Fraud Prevention Think Tank Blog
2M ago
Government activity – public health, criminology, supply chain resilience – is primarily judged on quantitative outcomes such as the number of illnesses or crime events. The most efficient preventive measure is to ensure that risk assessments and prevention plans are in place… including for food fraud prevention. [NOTE ..read more