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Title : ‘Prioritise food fraud or risk another horsemeat scandal’
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Source : meatinfo.co.uk
Year : 2017
Link : http://meatinfo.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/21486/_91Prioritise_food_fraud_or_risk_another_horsemeat_scandal_92.html
Country : United Kingdom
Commodity: AP-Meat and edible offal
Abstract: Another horsemeat scandal could happen if enforcement authorities fail to prioritise food fraud, according to professor Chris Elliott, author of the food supply chain review following the debacle. “ A great deal of headway has been made since the publication of the Elliott Review into the Integrity and Assurance of Food Supply Networks,” said Elliott, who has linked ‘ horsegate’ to the disappearance of 50,000 horses across Europe. “Plus, we’ve seen the establishment of the Food Standard Agency’s [FSA's] Food Crime Unit [FCU], which is beginning to have an impact. “ However, food fraud must remain a priority – amongst many competing priorities for enforcement authorities –