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As the world’s food supply rushes to accommodate eight and a half billion mouths, scientists pioneer techniques to prevent post-harvest loss, not just react to it. Global food security can often hinge on forces barely larger than a grain of rice.

Food Fraud 2017 highlighted just how serious an issue food fraud has become. It’s organised, criminal and widespread, but there are solutions that we must explore. Consumer trust in the food industry is on the decline in light of scandals such as the inescapable European horse meat incident in 2013 and melamine milk incident in China.These are two examples of what we call food fraud.