At the heart of our role is the need to ensure food is safe and what it says it is, and in doing so protect consumers from risks within the food system and ensure high food standards. Core to this is a risk analysis process which relies on independent, science-led risk assessment and socio-economic analytical evidence, to support effective risk management decisions. To assure food safety and standards, we must also recognise that the UK is part of an international food supply chain, where we only produce around 50% of all the food we eat in the UK. Our exit from the EU and push for wider international trade has further highlighted how we need to understand the role of trade and international differences in production systems and food standards.
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The aim of this research is to develop a predictive computational approach to modeling the food supply network so that the points where food adulteration can occur are identified. By identifying these points of vulnerabi...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
The project aims to develop a predictive computational approach to modeling the food supply network and identifying points of vulnerability to food adulteration, which directly addresses the impact of food fraud on the UK food supply chain and how to reduce it.
As food supply chains have become increasingly global and complex, new and challenging risks have emerged. One of the risks gaining attention from industry, governments, regulatory bodies and consumer organisations is fo...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Queen's University Belfast
The project focuses on analyzing food supply chains for risks and resilience to food fraud/crime, including the deliberate misdescription of food, which directly addresses the impact of food fraud on the UK food supply chain and how to reduce it.
WATSON provides a methodological framework combined with a set of tools and systemsthat can detect and prevent fraudulent activities throughout the whole food chain thus accelerating the deployment of transparency soluti...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: WELLICS LTD
The project is relevant as it provides a framework and tools to detect and prevent food fraud, which is part of the crime impacting the food supply chain, but it does not specifically address the UK context or ways to reduce crime.