Food Industry Intelligence Network (FIIN)

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An insider’s view of food crime

19 October 2021 | By Professor Chris Elliott

Chris Elliott recaps the biggest risks currently facing the food and drink sector, including organised crime, shortages and authenticity, and calls for more discussion around solutions.

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The bitter taste of honey analysis

24 November 2020 | By Chris Elliott

Professor Chris Elliott questions the validity of a recent article which claimed widespread honey fraud in the UK and calls for regulators and Government to make strides towards better testing methods.

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Scotland gets tough over food crime

12 September 2018 | By Ron McNaughton

Launched back in 2015, the SFCIU has already had some notable successes in the challenge of combating food fraud, as the unit’s head Ron McNaughton explains.

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VIDEO: Food Industry Intelligence Network ‘helps beat fraud’

19 March 2018 | By Mike Stones (New Food)

The Food Industry Intelligence Network (FIIN) helps to beat food fraud by sharing information more effectively, says its co-chair Helen Sisson in this video interview filmed at New Food’s Food Fraud 2018 conference.

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Food Fraud 2018: Four key challenges, says Prof Elliott

1 March 2018 | By Mike Stones (New Food)

Food Fraud 2018 chairman Professor Chris Elliott's opening remarks set out the scale of the growing global food fraud threat.

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Eat the food you trust; trust the food you eat | Lessons from Food Fraud 2017

10 May 2017 | By Roy Manuell | Junior Editor

Food Fraud 2017 highlighted just how serious an issue food fraud has become. It's organised, criminal and widespread, but there are solutions that we must explore...