Food Frauds and its Authencity

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What is food fraud and its meanings

  • Food fraud is a dishonest act or omission related to the production or supply of food, which is intended for personal gain or to cause loss to another party.
  • Food fraud can involve altering, misrepresenting, mislabeling, substituting, tampering with, or adding or removing a material from a food product or its packaging.
  • Food fraud can affect the contents, origin, quality, or safety of the food, or the claims made on its branding or marketing.

Food fraud examples

  • Some common foods that are subject to fraud are honey, maple syrup, olive oil, seafood, spices, wine, fruit juices, and meat.
  • Some recent cases of food fraud involve:
    • Ketchup produced using unsafe, fake illegal products in India
    • Ham made from poultry meat in Spain
    • Honey adulterated with corn syrup in China and the US
    • Silver leaf made from aluminum foil in India
    • Melamine added to milk powder in China











Where to report food fraud in Pakistan

  • You can report fraud calls or SMSs related to food products to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
  • You can file an online complaint against any food business or service provider to the Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan (CRCP).
  • You can report cases of online fraud or substantial financial fraud to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

How to check the authenticity of food products in Pakistan

  • You can send your food samples to a reputable laboratory that offers food testing services, such as SGS Pakistan. They can perform various analyses to verify the quality, safety, origin, and composition of your food products.
  • You can also consult some academic research on food authenticity issues in Pakistan, such as this paper by Bostani et al. (2021) on food cuisine authenticity and its implementation barriers in Lahore. They provide some insights and recommendations on how to preserve and promote authentic food culture in Pakistan.
  • You can also contact the KP Food Safety & Halal Food Authority (KP FS&HFA), which is a provincial regulatory body that oversees food safety and halal standards in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. They can provide you with guidance, licensing, and inspection services for your food business. They also have mobile food testing labs in 7 divisional headquarters of KP.


References:
  1. https://www.highspeedtraining.co.uk/hub/what-is-food-fraud/
  2. https://www.fda.gov/food/compliance-enforcement-food/economically-motivated-adulteration-food-fraud
  3. https://www.ifst.org/resources/information-statements/food-fraud
  4. https://foodfraudadvisors.com/top-5-food-frauds-of-2022-so-far/
  5. https://www.pta.gov.pk/en/consumer-support//protect-yourself-against-fraud-callssmss-100421
  6. https://crcp.org.pk/online-complainant/
  7. https://24justice.pk/best-criminal-lawyers-in-pakistan/fraud/
  8. https://bing.com/search?q=food+fraud+definition
  9. https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/food-fraud-quality/topic/food-fraud_en
  10. https://www.fao.org/fao-who-codexalimentarius/committees/codex-regions/cceuro/about/food-fraud/en/
  11. https://www.sgs.com/en-pk/our-services/health-and-nutrition/food
  12. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ahmed-Bostani/publication/351287581_Food_Cuisine_Authenticity_and_its_Implementation_Barriers_in_Lahore_-_Pakistan/links/60906a9e458515d315f578d1/Food-Cuisine-Authenticity-and-its-Implementation-Barriers-in-Lahore-Pakistan.pdf
  13. https://kpfsa.gov.pk/

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