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Food fraud- canned food

PREPARED BY: AHMED NABAZ
VIBER:+9647708530774
EMAIL:ahmed.n.khalil.99@gmail.com
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“ Food fraud is defined as the sale of food products that are

not up to recognised standards in order to generate
financial gain. Food fraud can appear in a range of

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different formats.
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Introduction to food Fraud

Food fraud is the act of purposely altering, misrepresenting,

mislabeling with any food product at any point along the farm–to–table
food supply–chain.
 Fraud can occur in the raw material, in an ingredient, in the final product
or in the food’s packaging.
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Food fraud is the deception of consumers through
intentional adulteration of food:

 (a) by substituting one product for another.

 (b) using unapproved enhancements or additives.
 (c) misrepresenting something (e.g., country of origin).
 (d) misbranding or counterfeiting.
 (e) stolen food shipments.
 (f) intentional contamination with a variety of chemicals, biological agents or other
substances harmful to private– or public–health.
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6 of the most commonly faked products and how
to avoid them

1. Olive oil can be tampered with in many ways, such as diluting the real thing with less
expensive oils (like soybean or sunflower) or diluting high-quality olive oil with low quality.
2. Dairy products.
3. Honey. Saffron
4. Sea foods.
5. coffee can be adulterated with twigs, stone, barley, and corn husks to increase the apparent
weigh.
6. Saffron is one of the most expensive spices, but it’s also one of the most knocked-off ones
too.
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Canned Food
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Canned food

 canned food - food preserved by canning.

 Canning is a method of preserving food in which the food contents are
processed and sealed in an airtight container. Canning provides a shelf life
typically ranging from one to five years.
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Fraud of canned food

1. Can without label 🏷:

The stander canned food need to have
label But in some cases the producer
Tend to remove the label for individual
or/and economic and adulteration
purpose.
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Fraud of canned food

2- Mislabeling: written wrong

information about the product such as
writing perfect ingredient but in the
exist canned food doesn’t contain the
perfect ingredients.
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Fraud of canned food

3- writing wrong weight for economic

Purpose. For example the really weight is
300g but on the label they write 500g
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Fraud of canned food

4- using cheap materials in

production. Such as cheapest
metal to producing cane and
using cheap additive and cheap
raw material.
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Fraud of canned food

5- changing the origin

of the product such as the
canned food produced in the Iraq
but they write made in Turkey .

in USA
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Fraud of canned food

6- changing the really expiry

date.(wrong expiry date).
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How to prevent and detect food fraud

 An effective food fraud prevention program is a combination of science,

data and common sense.

 Thefirst step is to do a vulnerability assessment test, where you answer a

basic question: how likely is my company to be on the receiving end of
food fraud? To do that, you’ll have to audit your suppliers first.
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How to prevent and detect food fraud

 Here is a series of question to guide you:

1. Do they have a good reputation? Were they involved in food fraud incidents in the past?
2. What’s the level of trustworthiness of the country where they operate?
3. Who are the suppliers of your suppliers?
4. Is it a new supplier, or do you have an established relationship with them?
5. Is the documentation they provide complete and clear?
6. Are the ingredients you buy from them at risk of adulteration?
7. Are their products certified?
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Thank for your attention