INSCATECH
Global Supply Chain
Authenticity Detection & Prevention
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Crimes relating to environmental degradation and human rights injustices are in many cases heavily linked to food fraud
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A significant portion of food products in retail stores contain some degree of adulteration or fraud. Estimates put this number between 10% and 70% of food sold in retail stores/
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Food Fraud costs the food industry between $10 Billion and $50 Billion USD per year. The cost of one adulteration verdict averages between 2% and 5% of annual revenues. This can translate to a $400 Million impact for a $10 Billion company (Grocery Manufacturers Association)
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INSCATECH is recognized in the food industry as a pioneer in food fraud detection and protection
​Protection against FOOD FRAUD (economically motivated adulteration) is an integral component of comprehensive food supply chain protection, in tandem with the fields of:
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Food Safety: The prevention of unintentional / accidental adulteration of the food supply: the scientific discipline focused on foodborne illness prevention.
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Food Quality: The prevention of lack of conformance to requirements, and / or quality characteristics of food that is acceptable to consumers.
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Food Security: The prevention or the disruption to / or lack of safe and nutritious food supply.
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Food Defense: The prevention of the intentional adulteration of the food supply that are politically or behaviorally motivated.​
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Global Impact: Due to the universal connectivity of our food supply chain system, an incident of intentional contamination would result in a potentially destructive impact on the health, security and economy of the producing country and all trading partners.
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There has been an increased focus by both governments and regulators on food fraud. Globally, legislation is being introduced which requires companies to take active food fraud protection measures - to protect their complete supply chain (including imports) from adulteration.
The introduction of food protection legislation by importing countries represents a marketing opportunity for global food producers who take steps to protect their supply chains, but a serious impediment to those food producers who do not implement preventative measures.