Time is nearly up to register for FoodLegal’s 28 March Sydney symposium – “Food Fraud – Integrity, Traceability, Technologies and Regulatory Opportunities”. With fraudulent products often a looming...

Queensland University of Technology has launched a research project that will track Australian beef from paddock to plate in an effort to fight food fraud. The ‘BeefLedger’ project will run out of...

Police have seized 14, 000 bottles of fake Penfolds wine that was for sale in China. The seize occurred after Penfolds parent company, Treasury Estate Wines, noticed that retailers were selling wine said...

When it comes to food, Australia’s got what China wants. Our produce is clean, green and of high quality – exactly what the country’s forecast 850 million middle class consumers in 2030 will be looking...

Herb and spice seller, Hoyt’s Food, has paid a $10, 800 penalty after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found its dried oregano included olive leaves, even though this was not...

A study into seafood fraud has found, on average, one in five pieces of seafood tested worldwide were mislabelled. The study tested a total of 25, 000 pieces of seafood from across the globe. Conducted...

Food fraud and large scale product recalls, continue to make headlines around the world affecting food businesses of all sizes. Today, more than ever before food businesses need to be on the front foot...

There are some serious lessons to be learnt for businesses in the food industry when examining a unique case of food fraud out of the UK this week. Facts of the fraudulent scenario The guilty culprit,...

Australian consumer advocacy group CHOICE has discovered that only five out of 12 supermarket dried oregano products contained 100 per cent oregano when tested by the group. One brand, Master of Spices,...

Up to nine out of 10 imported olive oils ‘fail’ Australian standards and are labelled incorrectly, according to testing carried out by the Australian Olive Association. The testing, which was undertaken...