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Food fraud: UK unit may get more powers
The UK National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) should be given additional powers and resources to boost its ability to tackle food crime and protect consumers, a review has recommended. Carried out by...
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Canadians trafficking $16,000 of Nutella
Josh Hafner of USA Today reports Toronto-area police announced Friday that they had arrested suspects tied to a trafficking ring of drugs, stolen cars and a truckload of the rich, hazelnutty goodness...
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Food fraud: Brazil bored bureaucrat mob-influenced version
Federal authorities announced Friday they’re investigating evidence that companies including JBS SA and BRF SA, the nation’s largest meat producers, bribed government officials to approve the sale and...
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Not the Sopranos: Police in Europe break up network selling illegal horse meat
Raphael Minder of The New York Times reports police in Europe have dismantled a criminal network that was selling horse meat across the Continent that was “not suitable for consumption,” arresting 66...
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Food fraud: Mexican alcohol edition
To my four Canadian daughters: Pay attention. Tourists to all-inclusive resorts in Mexico suspect they were given tainted alcohol. Raquel Rutledge of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel writes the scene at...
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‘Pure greed’ UK couple who faked holiday sickness are jailed
A couple have been jailed for making fake holiday sickness claims in a landmark case. Liverpool Crown Court heard Deborah Briton, 53, and partner Paul Roberts, 43, tried to claim compensation by...
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Organic BS: Hucksters make a buck, plead guilty to fraud in Canada
Chapman and I toured southern Ontario tomato farms and processors 16 years ago, and shot youtube video, but youtube didn’t exist, so we didn’t know what to do with the video. Here it is. Trevor Wilhelm...
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Tex-Mex theft: $1.2M in stolen fajitas prompts employee’s arrest at Texas...
This ranks up there with the great maple syrup theft in Canada a couple of years ago. Josh Hafner of USA Today reports a Texas juvenile center employee confessed to stealing shipments of fajitas over...
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From the duh files: ‘People are being duped’ at Canadian farmers markets
Some farmers market vendors push bogus homegrown stories to consumers looking for fresh local fruits and veggies — and Marketplace has the hidden camera footage to prove it. The Marketplace team went...
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Food fraud: UK tourist scam version
Lucia Bohorquez of El Pais writes an investigating judge in Palma de Mallorca has lifted the seal on court records entered in the case of a scheme that may have cheated Spanish hotels out of as much as...
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Everyone has a camera, especially for selfies: UK couple who claimed holiday...
Martin Naylor of the Mirror reports a brazen couple claimed they fell in with food poisoning while on holiday – only to put up pictures of themselves having fun and eating luxury meals on social media....
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Australian student who sold monkey skull to ‘people from Pirates of the...
A few years ago, one of those Johnny-Depp-pirate movies — it may have been 5 — was filming down the highway at the Gold Coast. The set was plagued by drama when it was discovered Depp and then wife...
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Food fraud: Adulterated chili racket busted in India
A spurious chili powder racket was busted at Gollapudi in Vijayawada on Friday by officials of the Bhavanipuram police, task force, and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The raid...
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Rowdy Irish mums accused of scamming Brisbane restaurants
Police suspect there are likely to be many more victims of a group of marauding mums that have reportedly gone on a scamming spree fraudulently receiving free meals, drinks and even cigarettes from...
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Belgian meat processing plant closed for food safety fraud
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) said on Thursday it has pre-emptively closed the Verbist Group’s meat processing plant and cold store VEVIBA in Bastogne,south Belgium,...
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Eel smuggling ring busted in Spain
Who smuggles eels? Baby eels, a traditional Spanish tapas. Gulas al ajillo Maybe by friend Steve (right, not exactly as shown), but no one else I would know. Chris Chase of Seafood Source reports that...
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Stop scamming in Spain: Crackdown on British tourists’ phony food poisoning
The British Ministry of Justice has announced new rules to stop British holidaymakers in Spain from scamming tour operators with fake food poisoning claims. Under the crackdown, a limit will be set on...
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Food fraud: Over 3600 tonnes of dangerous food removed from EU market
Trafficking in fake and substandard food is big business, and efforts to stop this global phenomenon are ongoing Rotten meat, chemically coloured tuna and fake baby milk powder – these are just a small...
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Everyone’s got a camera: Fake food poisoning Gangnam Style
Dancing Gangnam Style by the side of a swimming pool in Cyprus, Liam Royle appears full of life. Yet according to him, he was suffering from food poisoning he had developed while on his holiday –...
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Food fraud: Crab meat from Venezuela linked to 9 cases of vibrio in Maryland
While Maryland Blue Crabs are a staple in the DMV, many places do sell crabs, packaged crab meat, and crab cakes with crab from elsewhere. Anne Cutler of Fox 26 says the National Aquarium in Baltimore...
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