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Title : Uganda To Use Nuclear Technology In Combating Food Fraud
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Source : Uganda Radio Network
Year : 2017
Link : https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/uganda-to-use-nuclear-technology-in-combating-food-fraud
Country : Uganda
Commodity: All Food
Abstract: Devices like this one could be used in Uganda to detect fraud in food In short. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO and the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA announced that they are to undertake a study aimed at exploring mobile tools to combat food fraud and contamination. Food fraud and contamination is emerging as another form of counterfeiting or falsification of products posing serious public health threats and loss of billions of dollars globally.