ANFS102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Food Defense, Ecolabel, Marine Stewardship Council

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Animal and Food Sciences
• Course: ANFS102
• Professor: Kniel Kalmia

Document Summary

A collective term used to encompass the deliberate and intentional substitution, addition, tampering, or misrepresenting of food, food ingredients, or food packaging; or false or misleading statements made about a product, for economic gain. Mitigation of food fraud is an important part of a complete food safety management system. Food fraud includes economically motivated adulteration (ema) The us fda defines ema as the fraudulent intentional substitution or addition of a substance in a product for the purpose of increasing the apparent value of the product or reducing the cost of its production . Ema is a food defense issue because, by definition, it is an intentional act. More significantly, its a criminal act because it is perpetrated by individuals who defraud the public for economic gain. Saffron - very expensive so it is often adulterated. Food fraud - not a new concept. A component of the finished product is fraudulent. Legitimate product and packaging used in a fraudulent way.