Food Fraud Andrew Patterson Ag Assistant Secretary Civil

Food Fraud Andrew Patterson– A/g Assistant Secretary Civil Sanctions Taskforce │ Compliance Division 18 July 2019

Food fraud – what is it? Food fraud, or ‘economically motivated adulteration’, is typically defined as ‘the intentional adulteration, substitution, dilution, mixing, or adding of substances or ingredients to food in a manner that falsely describes the food to achieve an economic benefit. • Not a new phenomenon • Risks to consumers and industry • Wide ranging impacts Department of Agriculture * 2

Food regulation and safety Impacts of food crime The globalisation of the supply chain has made the detection of food crime difficult, and provides opportunity to commit crime. A few impacts: • The regulatory system • Consumer safety • Confidence in the regulator • Supply chain assurance • Confidence in a brand • Traceability and detection Department of Agriculture * 3

International context • Global Understanding of Food Fraud (GUFF) • Food crime management measures • Academia • Key issues across various jurisdictions • Food Defense v Food Fraud www. mygsfi. com Department of Agriculture * 4

An international industry perspective Susceptible targets – farm to fork Use of adulterants Verification of provenance Targeting of products with premium claims Consumer expectations - information about food safety, quality, provenance and sustainability • Insider threats • Visibility of supply chain data – what is not seen along the supply chain? • Knowledge of food fraud • • • Department of Agriculture * 5

Australian context • INTERPOL and global targeted campaigns. • Targeted interventions at the border, including laboratory analysis and additional verification of documents. • Intelligence collection • Similarities with the international themes identified. • Working with domestic and international partners Department of Agriculture * 6

Global Alliance Vision statement A reduction in the overall risk of harm to consumers and other legitimate national interests from serious dishonesty in global food supply chains Strategic objectives: • Prevent food rendered unsafe or inauthentic through dishonesty from entering food supply chains • Increase the number of offenders apprehended and brought to justice • Build global enforcement capability and capacity in this area; and • Build a global information sharing network amongst the global alliance members Bodies of work: • • • Model national responses to food crime Global threat assessment – to consider how we might do it Sharing intelligence Targeted action Private partners Department of Agriculture * 7

Questions? Department of Agriculture * 8