Food Fraud and "Economically Motivated Adulteration" of Food and Food Ingredients

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer protection.

Crime prevention.

Farm produce.

Food adulteration and inspection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Provides general background information on food fraud, which involves defrauding buyers of food or ingredients for economic gain. Focuses on economically motivated adulteration (EMA), explaining how it is defined and types of fraud; and discusses how food fraud fits into the broader policy realm of food safety, food defense, and food quality. Provides available information about foods and ingredients with reported cases of fraud from the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Food Fraud Database and the National Center for Food Protection and Defense EMA Incident Database. Describes previous and ongoing Federal and Congressional actions to address food fraud. Includes tables and graphs

Notes:

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Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Mar. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division. Food Fraud and "Economically Motivated Adulteration" of Food and Food Ingredients

Publisher Number:

CRS-2014-RSI-0020

Access Restriction:

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