| Abstract: |
Consumer fraud within the meat industry is something that rarely makes the news. The last major scandal was back in 2013, where consumers in Europe discovered that had been sold horsemeat instead of beef without their knowledge. Currently, very few companies are prosecuted for food fraud, which is used as a tactic to lower costs or boost supplies by substituting premium products with a cheaper alternative. This are often mislabelled to mislead consumers. However, in the UK, the chief of the National Food Crime Unit recently said that he wants to introduce criminal prosecutions for firms that commit this type of fraud. |
