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Food fraud is a growing economic and health issue – but AI and blockchain technology can help combat it

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A multi-billion pound criminal enterprise lurks amid our supermarket shelves. Food crime not only harms our wallets but threatens public health.

It includes activities such as mislabelling a product, replacing a food or ingredient with another substance that is inferior, and even poisoning.

This is a global concern because of how food crime is evolving. The complexity of food supply chains, the globalisation of food markets, and a lack of transparency heightens the vulnerability of the food sector.

So, rethinking how we combat food crime by using technology is imperative. Food crimes now inflict an estimated US$40 billion (£31 billion) in damages globally each year.

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