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Follow on Google News | U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention Publishes Proposed Guidance on Food Fraud Vulnerability AssessmentOn 14 November 2014, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) published their proposed guidance to assess the vulnerabilities for food fraud*.
USP Food Fraud Database In 2012 USP launch their Food Fraud Database designed to list food fraud adulterants and provide understanding of what are the key issues for specific food ingredients. With this database and the USP involvement for food ingredient with their Food Chemical Codex (FCC) group, USP developed this guidance, once finalized, to be part of an appendix in the third supplement of the FCC 9 edition. Guidance on Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment The guidance is structured in three major steps of which the first two steps are designed to characterize the vulnerabilities of a food ingredient and the last step is designed to develop mitigation strategies. Step 1 is the assessment of the contributing factors such as supply chain, audit strategy, supplier relationship, history of supplier quality and safety issues, susceptibility of quality assurance methods and specifications, testing frequency, fraud history, geopolitical considerations and economic anomalies. Step 2 is the assessment of potential impacts such as food safety and economics. The final step 3 is the development of a mitigation strategy. Throughout this guidance actual situations from history are used to illustrate the specific food fraud issue. The public can comment on this document starting 31 December 2014 at the FCC Forum (http://www.usp.org/ Reference: * Food Fraud Mitigation (http://www.usp.org/ About SGS Food Safety Services SGS is committed to keeping readers informed of regulatory news and developments. Leveraging a global network of laboratories and food experts, SGS provides a comprehensive range of food safety and quality solutions including analytical testing, audits (http://www.sgs.com/ For further information, please contact the SGS experts. Website: http://www.foodsafety.sgs.com SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 80,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,650 offices and laboratories around the world. End
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