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Huge amounts of dodgy food and drinks seized in global operation

By Joe Whitworth on November 18, 2022

Almost 27,000 tons of food and 15 million liters of beverages have been seized in operations focused on counterfeit food and drink.

Operation Opson XI was led in Europe by Europol and outside the EU…

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Food crime ‘likely’ in meat and alcohol sectors, says Scottish agency

By News Desk on November 9, 2022

Meat, seafood, and alcohol are among industries identified as being at high risk for food crime, according to a Scottish food crime unit.

A strategy for 2022 to 2025 outlines the priorities and actions being taken…

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Irish food agency welcomes two court decisions

By News Desk on May 11, 2022

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has welcomed the verdicts of two court cases involving counterfeit alcohol and a firm that continued to trade despite being told to close.

The first judgement in Tuam…
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EU agency helps dismantle fraudulent rum network

By News Desk on July 8, 2021

Investigators have cracked a network that sent counterfeit rum from Central America to Europe.

Authorities said counterfeiting poses serious risks to health and safety but no-one is believed to have been ill in Europe.

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Deaths in Dominican Republic linked to tainted alcohol

By News Desk on April 10, 2021

More than 25 people have died in the Dominican Republic after drinking adulterated alcohol, according to authorities.

The Ministry of Public Health reported 26 deaths and more than 80 people affected throughout the country. The…
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Spain seizes meat and rum in two crackdowns

By News Desk on January 27, 2021

Spanish authorities have seized more than 120,000 kilos of potentially unsafe meat products.

La Guardia Civil in Spain detained 14 people and investigated another two for their part in labeling and distribution of meat products…
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Meat and alcohol on radar of food crime unit

By Joe Whitworth on December 9, 2020

Premises operating as illegal cutting plants, counterfeit alcohol, allegations of extending use-by dates, and relabeling overseas products were among cases dealt with this year by a food crime unit.

The National Food Crime Unit (NFCU)…
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