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5 ways inefficient audits and bad data quality can cause real problems
The experts from Intact outline several common problems you may have come across when it comes to auditing and how to solve them.
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Bia Analytical: Life in the lab
As Bia Analytical celebrates its first year in business, Dr Maeve Shannon describes what a typical day in the Northern Ireland-based lab is like.
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Is the next melamine scandal looming?
With the demand for plant-based products rocketing and as the call for protein-rich alternatives increases, Professor Chris Elliott questions whether history will repeat itself, as he warns of another melamine scandal.
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Panel discussion: Can food labels and product claims help consumers make informed food choices?
Join us as we discuss key challenges facing the food industry and the regulations you need to know about.
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An insider’s view of food crime
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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Fishy business
Arun Chauhan investigates the fast food company Subway’s fake tuna scandal and reflects on what it means for the food industry.
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Food integrity in the global supply chain
Sharing exclusive insights gleaned from Food Integrity 2021, Liz Colebrook from Mars Incorporated reflects on the role that regulation plays on the international food safety stage.
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Bia Analytical adds white pepper testing capability to combat food fraud
Bia Analytical will now test for adulteration within white pepper, after several high profile cases of food fraud including sage and oregano.
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Man convicted of slavery charges after stealing food workers’ wages
After admitting to several modern slavery offences, Janos Sztojka, 33, from Braunstone in Leicestershire, will be jailed for six years.
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Application Note: Automated DNA Extraction for the Thermo Scientific NGS Food Authenticity Workflow
Food fraud is an increasing and international problem influencing economy, society, health and environment. Food fraud can be defined as an intentional replacement, addition, tampering or misrepresentation of food, ingredients or packaging.
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Why communication is key to maintaining trust in sports nutrition
Dr Adam Carey, Chairman of ESSNA, explains why sports nutrition products are trustworthy but identifies areas for improvement for the sector.
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Better ways of using audit and compliance data to improve food safety and quality
In this on-demand webinar, Jochen Kleboth outlines how to employ audit and compliance data in a streamlined manner to increase food integrity and quality.
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Is that soya sustainable?
With the impacts of soya production well known, many have turned to sustainable methods, but how do you separate the genuine claims from the fakes?
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Benchtop NMR analysis and the future
Kevin Nott from Oxford Instruments and Tim Lumb from ALS Global shared their expertise on the current and future use of time domain (TD) NMR and benchtop NMR spectroscopy for measuring food composition and authenticity.
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Lessons must be learned from FSA’s failed Russell Hume investigation
Professor Chris Elliott urges government to give the NFCU more authority when it comes to investigating cases of food crime and argues that the unit could have prevented the Russell Hume case from collapsing.
