Goat meat substitution - Speciation failures

This edition includes a summary of our 10th anniversary celebration activiities and an updates on FAN initiatives, the EFF-CoP and Watson Horizon Europe projects and on our Food Authenticity Centres of Expertise (remember you
can find direct contact details for each of them on our website).

We also have a fascinating case study from Cesare Varallo that gives an account of a very complex food fraud investigation he was involved in, an article describing the Food Law Group and an article from FAN Technical Director, John Points, describing how we select articles each month.

Plus, we have lots to update you on in our ‘Partnerships’ section from our SSAFE Partner Profile, fiin’s new SME Hub and a new Partnerships page on our website that shows the benefits of partnering with FAN.

In this issue:

        FAN Updates:

1. FAN Strategy 2025 - 2027
2. Global Food Fraud report 2024
3. Fundamentals of Food Fraud Prevention
4. New CEN Standards
5. Precision Breeding
6. Cultivated Meat
7. FAN Partnerships

        EFF-CoP Updates

        Guest Articles:

1. NFCU Control Strategy
2. Honey Authenticity

       Centres of Expertise Update

In this issue:

• New resources – Authenticity test method explainer
• Updated resources – Laboratories with authentic food reference database
• Updated resources – Honey reference sampling protoco
• Project launch – European Food Fraud Community of Practic
• Guest Article – Food fraud prevention US perspectiv
• Guest Article – Botanical adulterants prevention programm
• Centre of Expertise case study – Sugar detection in fruit juice

Plus we welcome Campden BRI and Natural Trace as FAN Partners, welcome five UK Public Analyst laboratories as new Centres of Expertise, and announce dates for our Analysis 4 Authenticity Conference 2025.

In this issue:

• A round up of new resources added to the FAN website in past 6 months
• Food authenticity mitigation tools - guest articles from FAN members
• Case studies from laboratory Centres of Expertise
• News and Events
• Food Authenticity Crossword.

In this issue:

• Fraud mitigation resources and research - a selection from the past 6 months
• Food authenticity database search tool
• Case study - lemon juice authenticity
• Research funding - smart and sustainable food supply chains
• FAN member feedback survey results
• Membership and website statistics
• Call for partners
• Call for laboratory centres of expertise
• FAN team updates

In this March 2023 Newsletter:

 A new FAN Open Data Project. 

 Agreement on a Framework for a Coordinated Response from Centres of Expertise to Food and Feed Fraud Incidents/Investigations.

2023 Call for New Centres of Expertise.                                                                                                                                   Interlaboratory Trial of a Mass Spectrometry Method for Meat Species Determination.                                     

New EU Food Project - TRUSTFOOD.                                                                                                                             

BRCGS - START Programme.                                                                                                                                           

CoE Profile -  SGS United Kingdom Ltd.                                                                                                                         

Tools to Mitigate the Risk of Being a Victim of Food Fraud.                                                                                             

Foods Most Reported as Fraudulent - 2022 Data, FoodChain ID.                                                                                   

Food Authenticity Network 2022 Annual Summary.

Newsletters are intended to keep you informed of what the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) believe to be the current issues that are affecting the food industry. It aims to improve awareness of significant or new trends in the food industry in order to strengthen the overall response to food crime. However, in this September issue the NFCU is conducting a review of its Food Crime Strategic Assessment, and it is requesting views from the food subjects experts on current and future food fraud risks by filling in a questionnaire. 

The newsletter is available to FoodAuthenticity members by kind permission of the FSA National Food Crime Unit, but is not intended for onward dissemination. Please contact the NFCU Outreach Team if you would like others to receive this newsletter at: NFCU.Outreach@food.gov.uk.

This newsletter is intended to keep you informed of what the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) believe to be the current issues that are affecting the food industry. It aims to improve awareness of significant or new trends in the food industry in order to strengthen the overall response to food crime.

The newsletter is available to FoodAuthenticity members by kind permission of the FSA National Food Crime Unit, but is not intended for onward dissemination. Please contact the NFCU Outreach Team if you would like others to receive this newsletter at: NFCU.Outreach@food.gov.uk.

In this June 2022 Newsletter:

 An Update on the Network's Centres of Expertise (CoEs)

• New Food Security Resource Base
• CoE Profile - Bangor University
• Under Pressure: Fraud in the Food Industry by Tenet Law
• Food Most Reported as Fraudulent - Karen Everstine, FoodChain ID
• Government Chemist Publishes Scientific Paper on Honey Authentication
• Joint Knowledge Transfer Framework for Food Standards and Food Safety Analysis
• Food Authenticity Network 2021 Annual Summary

European Distribution Fraud (EDF) is where an individual or group, imitates the details of a legitimate company, to pass credit checks and purchase goods. Once they have received the goods, they become uncontactable leaving the supplier to face a financial loss. EDF can be committed in many ways depending on the individuals, while some attempts are more blatant others are more strategically planned.

This document is designed to help protect businesses from becoming a victim of EDF by sharing best practice. Shared below are checks you may wish to add into your current procedures, to protect your business and enable you to recognise the signs of EDF attempts.