New laws are being enacted that food handlers, processors, retailers, and restaurants must begin to develop food fraud prevention and compliance systems. Producing, distributing, shipping, importing, or selling fraudulent or fraudulently labeled foods is gaining greater and greater international attention. The ability of consumers to make informed decisions regarding the food they are eating is constantly being called into question. Whether or not horse meat should be used in Taco Bell tacos may be a personal choice, but full disclosure of product content would allow consumers to make their own choices.
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How do you know what you are buying and eating is what you paid for? How do you know what you paid for is what has not been intentionally falsified or mislabeled?
As international food transportation increases, as food processors, distributors, and consumers we are purchasing more and more food from foreign countries often with little oversight or control over what is coming into our supermarkets, restaurants, and refrigerators.
Why Should You Attend?
Food fraud impacts us all. It is widespread and takes many forms from the local organic farmer's market to international food shipments. New laws are being enacted that food handlers, processors, retailers, and restaurants must begin to develop food fraud compliance systems.
This session will explore the current state of food fraud, the laws being enacted to try to control it, and the level of fraud currently in operation. The FDA has established new “intentional adulteration” rules based on the Food Safety Modernization Act and, based on the international acknowledgment of the problem, other countries are enhancing their import controls over illegal replacements.
Who will Benefit?