The horse who came to dinner : the first criminal case of food fraud / Glenn Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Glenn (Scientist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food adulteration and inspection--Law and legislation.

Food adulteration and inspection.

Food fraud.

Food--Analysis.

Food.

Food--Composition.

Physical Description:

xxii, 236 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, UK] : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2019]

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Luck of the Irish p. 1

1.1 A New Dawn p. 1

1.2 How to Commit Fraud in the Meat Trade p. 3

1.3 The Investigation p. 5

1.4 There is Nothing Like Being Caught on the Hop p. 7

1.5 The Ground-breaking Prosecution Cases p. 9

1.5.1 First UK Prosecutions: Boddy and Moss-Southwark Crown Court March 2015 p. 9

1.5.2 The Second Case: Raw-Rees and Patterson-Southwark Crown Court May 2015 p. 12

1.5.3 The Main Horsemeat Scandal Case p. 14

1.6 The Luck of the Irish p. 16

1.7 Is There Another Case Yet to be Brought to an EU Court in the Future? p. 16

Chapter 2 The Grecian Temple of Food Enforcement p. 21

2.1 Eight Pillars to Support the Food Enforcement Temple p. 22

2.2 So What Were the Eight Pillars and What Progress Has Been Made Since His Report? p. 24

2.2.1 Pillar One: Consumer First p. 24

2.2.2 Pillar Two: Zero Tolerance p. 28

2.2.3 Pillar Three: Intelligence Gathering p. 29

2.2.4 Pillar Four: Laboratory Services p. 31

2.2.5 Pillar Five: Audit p. 37

2.2.6 Pillar Six: Government Support p. 39

2.2.7 Pillar Seven: Leadership p. 40

2.2.8 Pillar Eight: Crisis Management p. 41

2.3 Was it a Success? p. 42

Chapter 3 Is Food Fraud a New Idea? p. 44

3.1 Did the Public Knowingly Accept Adulterated Food? p. 50

3.2 Synthetic Food and Adulteration p. 51

3.3 Has Adulteration Changed Since the 19th Century? p. 52

3.4 Fraud or Adulteration? p. 53

3.4.2 The Non-compliant Products p. 56

Chapter 4 World-wide Food Frauds p. 60

4.1 Beef Pies Supplied for UK County Catering Establishments p. 60

4.2 Fipronil in Dutch Eggs p. 62

4.3 German Asparagus p. 66

4.4 Chinese Milk Scandal p. 68

4.4.1 Why Add Melamine to Food? p. 68

4.5 Olive Oil p. 71

4.5.1 The Spanish Olive Oil Scandal p. 72

4.6 French Wine Fraud p. 75

4.6.1 Breaking News p. 77

4.7 Fish Fraud in the United States and World-wide p. 78

4.8 Chilli Powder From India p. 82

Chapter 5 Off With Their Heads p. 86

5.1 The New Guidelines p. 87

5.2 Timetable of Events p. 87

5.3 World-wide Harmony of Food Law p. 89

5.4 The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) United States p. 91

5.5 Amazon p. 92

5.6 Adulterated Food p. 93

5.7 The Elusive Due Diligence Defence p. 95

5.8 A New Dawn in the UK p. 98

5.9 Clarity For Those Involved in Prosecuting p. 98

5.10.1 ASDA p. 100

5.10.2 Sideras, Nielsen and Ostler-Beech p. 100

5.10.3 Boddy and Moss p. 100

5.10.4 Zaman p. 100

Chapter 6 Mission Impossible; Regulating a Global Marketplace p. 103

6.1 Food Supplements: 'The Gym Bunny's' Little Helper! p. 105

6.1.1 Definitions for Medicines and Supplements p. 105

6.1.2 Is UK Enforcement Doing Enough? p. 106

6.2 Sildenafil Citrat p. 111

6.3 So What Does This Have to do With Food Fraud? p. 112

Chapter 7 Thinking Like a Food Fraudster p. 120

7.2 Legislation p. 120

7.3 Attack p. 125

7.3.1 The People Involved p. 126

7.3.2 The Foods Involved p. 127

7.4 Defence Strategies p. 132

7.4.1 The Importance of Communication: A 'Burglar Alarm on Britain' p. 132

7.4.2 A Vital Role for Government (Member States) p. 133

7.4.3 A Key Role for Industry p. 134

7.4.4 The Weakest Link p. 136

Chapter 8 The Bank Job p. 139

8.1 Will the Major Food Businesses and Regulators Learn From the Banking Crisis? p. 139

Chapter 9 Someone to Watch Over Me p. 145

9.1 TSB: The Fraudster's Eyes Are Watching You p. 150

9.2 Who Watches ETJ Food Safety? p. 151

9.3 A Comparison of the Top Three Gatekeepers of EU Food Safety from 2003-2017 p. 155

9.3.1 Italy p. 155

9.3.2 UK p. 155

Chapter 10 Look What They've Done to My Song p. 162

10.1 So Much Change p. 162

10.2 Complex Food Legislation and a Lack of Harmony Across the Globe p. 163

10.2.1 Lack of Harmony in Legislation p. 165

10.3 Inconsistent Response from Enforcement p. 166

10.4 Risk-based Enforcement p. 168

10.5 World-wide Web of Food Supply p. 170

10.5.1 Increasingly Cosmopolitan Diets and a More Complex Food Supply Chain p. 170

10.5.2 More Complex Food Supply Chain p. 170

10.5.3 Is There an Insatiable Appetite for Cheaper Food? p. 171

10.6 Austerity, Increasing Demand and Reducing Spend on Enforcement p. 171

10.7 The Role of the Media in Reporting Non-compliance and the Reaction to These Reports by the Public and Politicians p. 173

10.8 Relationships Between the Key Stakeholders p. 175

10.8.1 Consumers p. 175

10.8.2 Regulators and Enforcers p. 175

10.8.3 Food Businesses p. 176

10.8.4 Politicians p. 176

10.9 The Potential for Confusion, Especially Regarding Who Is Responsible for Food Safety Failures p. 177

10.9.1 Who Is Responsible for Food Safety? p. 178

10.10 Post-Brexit Enforcement p. 178

10.11 One Voice p. 179

Chapter 11 New Kids on the Block p. 183

11.1 The Need to Innovate p. 183

11.2 Exciting New Techniques p. 184

11.3 How Do You Use Intelligence to Defend Against Food Fraud? p. 189

11.4 Analytics Early Detection of Emerging Data p. 191

11.5 WWW Data Sharing Research p. 194

11.5.1 Use of Emerging Signals to Predict a Trend p. 195

11.5.2 Provenance p. 195

11.6 Challenges to Using Intelligence p. 197

11.7 Superheroes of Food Enforcement p. 198

11.7.1 The Procrustean Bed of Food Enforcement p. 198

11.7.2 Is it Time for a Rethink? p. 200

11.8 How Do We Move Forward? p. 202

Chapter 12 It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It p. 205

12.1 How Could Enforcement Improve? p. 207

Chapter 13 Who Have We Invited to Dinner Next? p. 210

13.1 So Who is Coming to Defraud You Next? p. 210

13.2 Is the Pursuit of Cheaper Food to Blame? p. 211

13.3 Should We the Customer Buy Directly From the Other Side of the World? p. 212

13.4 Follow the Money p. 212

13.5 So What Products Are Next? p. 213

13.6 Is There Any Guidance to Stop This? p. 214

13.7 Back to the Beginning of My Career p. 215

13.8 What Will Happen Post Brexit? p. 216.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1788011376

9781788011372

OCLC:

1036253250