Detecting meat fraud in food supply chain

Deadly fraud – Food allergen substitution in the food chain

Food allergy, a significant public health concern in the developed world has a forensic context. Allergy related personal injury, fatality or criminal non-compliance with food law on the part of a food supplier are issues that have come before the UK courts. More recently substitution of peanuts for more expensive almonds has been discovered. Substitution, accidental or deliberate, subverts avo...

Food Safety, Animal Disease and Supply Chain Management in the European Meat Business

Supply Chain Performance Measurement Systems: a Study of a Meat Supply Chain in Brazil

While agro-industrial studies are influenced by economics theories researches on supply chain addresses questions of operational efficiency and effectiveness. This research aims to verify if there is any established system to evaluate supply chain performance in Brazil. The unit of analysis is a poultry meat supply chain that has a significant production volume driven to exportation.

Information flows in a New Zealand Sheep Meat Supply Chain

Recent outbreaks of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), foot-andmouth disease, and bird flu have heightened awareness of traceability and information flows in agricultural industries. Existing supply chain research has focused on supply chains for manufactured goods, but the agricultural industry differs from manufacturing, being characterized by horizontal alliances and imprecise output pr...

A suitable method for the detection of a potential fraud of bringing macaque monkey meat into the food chain.

Being the third-largest primate population has not made macaque (Macaca fascicularis sp.) monkeys less exposed to threats and dangers. Despite wildlife protection, they have been widely hunted and consumed in several countries because of their purported nutritional values. In addition to trading as pure bush meats in several places, monkey meat has been sold in meatball and soup products in Ind...