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(UN)Sustainable adulteration

In July this year, the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) got together to assess the impact that food adulteration has on the seventeen established UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

One of the tools used to achieve the SDGs is the expansion of international trade, which in the past has been seen to fuel economic growth and reduction in levels of hunger. The drawback, of course, is an increase in food adulteration and other fraudulent activities across the food and beverage sectors. Read more here.

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Where does vanilla stand in terms of Food Fraud?

The wholesale price of vanilla pods has escalated nearly 500% over the past four and a half years, due to severe weather conditions affecting quality and availability – making vanilla the second-most expensive spice after saffron, and worth more per kilogram than silver.

This poses two questions: what can vanilla be adulterated with, and how can we detect adulteration? Read more here.

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Is your hand-washing procedure effectively removing allergens?

Allergen cross-contamination occurs when an allergenic protein is introduced into a food product that is not normally expected to contain that allergen. Cross-contamination can occur not only from poor manufacturing practices, but also from poor personnel practices.

Under the South African Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act (54 of 1972), Regulations Governing General Hygiene Requirements for Food Premises, The Transport of Food and Related Matters, R638, the duties of a food handler comprise a number of important practices, including ensuring that their hands and clothing are clean. This involves – but is not limited to – the washing and cleaning of the hands in an effective manner to prevent contamination of any sort (including allergen contamination). Read more here.

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