Food Fraud by Amanda Thomson

2016-09-06 14:08:16 UTC

food fraud is costing

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food fraud is costing us $49 billion annually

2016-09-06 14:09:46 UTC

However, food fraud is most commonly referred to as the intentional defrauding of food and food ingredients for economic gain.

2016-09-06 14:11:53 UTC

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Food fraud is a collective term used to encompass the deliberate and intentional substitution, addition, tampering, or misrepresentation of food, food ingredients, or food packaging; or false or misleading statements made about a product, for economic gain.

2016-09-06 14:11:59 UTC

continuously updated collection of thousands of ingredients and related records gathered from scientific literature, media publications, regulatory reports, judicial records, and trade associations from around the world

2016-09-06 14:14:04 UTC

Food fraud is a concern because the consumer does not receive the food product they paid for, and may not know the true contents of the food

2016-09-06 14:19:11 UTC

http://www.care2.com/causes/10-nasty-cases-of-food-fraud.html