| Abstract: |
Olive oil, fish and organic foods are the products most prone to food fraud, according to a draft report of a European Parliament committee which also calls for tougher penalties. Committing food fraud in the E.U. is lucrative, the chances of getting caught are relatively low, and the number of cases appears to be rising. And the evidence that criminal organizations are becoming more involved in food fraud “is all the more worrisome,” the report also says. Prepared by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the report — on “the food crisis, fraud in the food chain and the control thereof” — follows a four-month inquiry and is open to amendment until October 28. The committee referral was announced in Parliament on June 10 and came came in the wake of Europe’s horse meat scandal. |
