Food Fraud.

Front Cover -- Food Fraud -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Background -- 1.1 Risk -- 1.2 Prevention Versus Corrective Action -- 2 Some Food Fraud Laws -- 2.1 Defining Food Fraud in the European Union -- 2.2 Defining Food Fraud in the United States -- 2.3 Executive Responsibilities and Prosecution: The Park Doctrine -- 2.4 FDA Ties with Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security -- 2.5 Introduction of an Adulterated Food into Interstate Commerce -- 2.6 The Potential for Terrorism -- 3 Food Fraud Through the Supply Chain -- 3.1 Labeling -- 3.2 Blends: Walking on the Edge -- 3.3 Label Sell By, Best Used By, Expiration, and Use By Dates -- 3.3.1 Packaging Controls: Sanitation and Construction -- 3.4 Supply Chain Food Fraud Examples -- 3.4.1 Melamine -- 3.4.2 Horsemeat Sold as Beef -- 3.4.3 Stabilizers, Emulsions, Hydrocolloids, Flavor Enhancers, and Pink Slime -- 3.4.4 Food Label Expiration Issues -- 3.4.5 Label "Use By," "Best Used By," "Better if Used By," "Best if Used By," "Use Or Freeze By," "Do Not Use After," "Expi... -- 3.4.6 Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) -- 3.4.7 Weight Fraud -- 3.4.8 Not COOL -- 3.4.9 Organic Produce -- 3.4.10 Bottled Water: Creation of Fear and Confusion -- 3.4.11 Vitamins and Herbal Supplements -- 3.4.12 Food is Cash: Theft and Resale -- 3.4.13 Transshipment Fraud -- 4 Unprotected Customers -- 4.1 Detection Testing and the Authentication Dilemma -- 4.2 Whistle Blowers -- 4.3 What are Consumers Being Told? -- 5 Traceability and Temperature Monitoring: Building Chain of Custody Systems -- 5.1 Item Level Traceability -- 5.2 Barcode: Case Level Traceability -- 5.3 Pallet Level Traceability and Temperature Monitoring -- 5.4 Pallet and Container Level Traceability and Temperature Monitoring -- 5.5 Container Level Traceability and Temperature Control -- 5.6 Recall and the Chain of Custody.

6 Recommendations -- 6.1 Establish Chain of Custody as a Standardized Food Supply Chain Traceability Requirement -- 6.2 Take Responsibility -- 6.3 Get Training and Get Involved -- 6.4 Establish Preventive Purchasing Practices -- 6.5 Know Your Supply Chain -- 6.6 Establish a System of Distributed Authority -- 6.7 Invest in Prevention by Establishing a System of Continuous Improvement -- 6.8 Hire Honest People -- 6.9 Proactively Cooperate with the Competition -- 6.10 Help Prosecute and Publicize -- 7 Available Resources -- 7.1 Some International Experts -- 7.2 Better Seafood Board (BSB) -- 7.3 FDA DNA Seafood Labeling Training -- 7.4 FDA Fish Substitutes -- 7.5 The University of Michigan Food Fraud Initiative -- 7.6 The US Pharmacopeial Food Fraud Database -- 7.7 Food Fraudster -- 7.8 UK Food Standards Agency "Reporting food fraud" -- 7.9 European Commission Official Controls and Enforcement -- 7.10 National Center for Food Protection and Defense: Food Fraud Resources -- 7.11 National Science Foundation (NSF) -- 7.12 Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) -- 8 Summary: Confusion Reigns -- References -- Back Cover.

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