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Numerous anomalies revealed following the first checks on the French origin of food products
Date : 15/03/2024
On 1 February, Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, announced that 10,000 official checks would be carried out on food products to validate French origin. To date, more than 2,000 official checks have been carried out by the DGCCRF, with several hundred anomalies detected.
Review of "breakfast" EU directives
Date : 20/12/2023
On December 12th, the European Parliament adopted its position on the revision of the so-called "breakfast" directives. The aim of this decision is to update a number of rules on breakfast foods and to help consumers make healthier decisions.
46% of honey imported into Europe suspected of fraud!
Date : 29/03/2023
This recent revelation from the European Commission, published on March 23, 2023, details the results of the coordinated action against honey adulteration: "From the Hives" carried out by 18 EU Member States, under the leadership of the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf), between November 2021 and February 2022.
Beef - false British origin
Date : 13/03/2023
Since the beginning of March, a scandal has broken out in Great Britain concerning the adulteration of British origin of beef. This was reported on the BBC and also in the magazine NewFood is investigating this incident involving a British retailer selling beef labeled as "British" when it was actually from Europe and South America.
Study to better control the integrity of lemon juice and concentrates, lemon essential oils
Date : 19/01/2023
With the collaboration of SGF and other scientific partners, we have conducted and published a study to better control the integrity of lemon juices and concentrates, lemon essential oils.
Raspberry fraud : a suspected francization
Date : 08/09/2022
Food fraud : a counterfeit wine scam uncovered
Date : 08/09/2022
Food fraud : non compliant olive oil
Date : 25/08/2022
Food fraud : replacing saffron with gardenia extract
Date : 27/04/2022
Russo-Ukrainian War : food products under pressure
Date : 12/04/2022
The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia is putting our food products under pressure: some of them are directly produced in these countries while others may be produced elsewhere, but still depend on Russian and Ukrainian production to be done properly.
Essential oils sold online: are they really compliant?
Date : 11/03/2022
Because of their rarity and their demanding extraction process, some of essential oils cost a lot per milliliter. In addition to that phenomenon is the growth in demand, and thus the development of deliberate essential oils adulteration to maximize profit,
regardless of the quality.
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Vanilla products: the results of the DGCCRF investigation
Date : 02/07/2022
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Export fraud in the Netherlands
Date : 02/07/2022
Authenticity of herbs & spices: Results of an EU wide coordinated control plan
Date : 12/14/2021
Operation OPSON X: Seizure of illicit food and beverages with a value of about € 53.8 million
Date : 12/14/2021
