For the food industry, fraud is the elephant in the room

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For the food industry, fraud is the elephant in the room
Topic Started: Mar 16 2016, 12:19 PM (76 Views)
Darcie	Mar 16 2016, 12:19 PM Post #1
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Quote: If asked about sustainable food systems, most people think about the environment, climate and social responsibility. These pillars are key to sustainability, but so is the economics of food. For any organization to be sustainable, it needs to be profitable for everyone across the supply chain: farmers, processors and retailers. What’s currently threatening the delicate balance between these key drivers is counterfeiting. Food fraud isn’t new to the food industry. During the Middle Ages, staple foods such as bread, meat and wine were often adulterated, leading to the implementation of legal regulations to ensure quality and quantity. Because of modern advanced technologies, however, most consumers believe that today’s food-supply chains are protected and that counterfeit products are the exception. Yet in recent years, evidence of widespread fraudulent behaviour has increased. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/counterfeit-products-threatening-the-food-industrys-delicate-balance/article29220689/?click=sf_globefb It's all about money, and ethical behavior of corporations. Money is first aim and objective and ethics are down the drain. You can't trust food sources.



Durgan	Mar 16 2016, 01:08 PM Post #2
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	I waddle through a supermarket and feel often that many of the products would be better placed in the garbage. In general any food that can be kept at room temperature in boxes is probably not good food. The supply industry is not all to blame, since people will buy almost anything. It takes a great deal of effort to resist the images and beautiful displays and nice tasting products. A simple perusal of the ingredients would turn a discerning person against buying if they were knowledgeable in many cases.



agate	Mar 16 2016, 01:14 PM Post #3
Posts: 21,864 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	I agree Durgan. reading the list of ingredients makes me glad I cook from scratch. I think that is a dying art. Today I made carrot soup...it is yummy and I know everything & can pronounce it!!, that is in there.



Durgan	Mar 16 2016, 08:34 PM Post #4
Veteran Member Posts: 13,273 Group: Gardening Guru Member #720 Joined: March 31, 2010	Tongue-in-cheek . If you can't pronounce the name of the ingredients listed on the package, it probably should not be ingested. Further still if you have no idea of why it is in the package, it should not be ingested. And this does not account for the enclosed ingredients not listed.



Trotsky	Mar 16 2016, 11:09 PM Post #5
Big City Boy Posts: 38,319 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	Quote: A simple perusal of the ingredients would turn a discerning person against buying if they were knowledgeable in many cases. If fraud in the food industry is so pervasive, what would lead anyone to believe that honesty will rear its head in the ingredients list?



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