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Strengthening international collaboration is the cornerstone to …
Aug 14, 2024 · In a speech at the recently held Asia Security: Anti-counterfeiting, Trademark, and Brand Protection conference, Rodney Van Dooren, Head - Illicit Trade Prevention, Philip Morris International (PMI) highlighted how international collaboration is the cornerstone to combat illicit trade along with stringent regulation and enforcement, to curb this menace.
Security printer drawn into Kenya’s fake sugar scandal
Jun 18, 2018 · A letter sent to wholesalers, supermarkets and retail shops by Kenya’s Ministry of Health indicates that “unsafe sugar has been placed in the market for human consumption which could be injurious to the health of consumers.”. The letter asks suppliers and stockists to “subject all sugar to sampling, testing and analysis to ascertain its ...
Counterfeit Ksalol tablets linked to deaths in Ireland
Jul 22, 2020 · Falsified versions of benzodiazepine Ksalol – a brand of alprazolam sold by generic drugmaker Galenika – have led to several deaths and admissions to hospital in Ireland, according to local media reports. Use of the pills, which are sold for as little as €2 apiece on the street and are known as ‘castles’, accelerated during the ...
Crackdown on falsified meds in Africa nets 12m illegal products
Mar 6, 2022 · A pan-African enforcement operation has identified hundreds of suspects and resulted in seizures of more than 12 million illicit health products, including epilepsy medicines. Codenamed Flash-IPPA (Illicit Pharmaceutical Products in Africa) and jointly coordinated by Interpol and Afripol, the two-month operation brought together law enforcement ...
Criminal gang counterfeits Aussie rice brand SunRice
Jul 7, 2021 · 70-year-old SunRice – the consumer brand and trading name of Ricegrowers Ltd – grows its rice in New South Wales and Queensland and exports around 80 per cent of its sales volumes. It is one of Australia's biggest food exporters with turnover of around A$1bn (around $750m), with key markets including Asia, the Pacific and the Middle East ...
Spanish police bust counterfeit saffron network
Apr 5, 2022 · An operation by Spain's Guardia Civil has dismantled a criminal network that fraudulently sold powdered gardenia extract, claiming it was the high-price spice saffron. Eleven arrests have been made in the crackdown, known as Operation Garden, with members of the ring accused of crimes against public health as well as fraud and membership of a ...
Diamond microparticles used to make security labels
Jul 31, 2023 · Researchers in China have used artificial diamonds to create security labels that they claim are impossible to replicate. The team led by Dr Zhiqin Chu of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), assisted by Prof Lei Shao of Sun Yat-sen University and Prof Qi Wang from Peking University, have used the diamonds to create physically unclonable functions (PUFs), a term used to describe a physical ...
FDA updates guidance on DSCSA verification systems
Mar 10, 2022 · The FDA has updated its guidance on the verification procedures for suspect or illegitimate products in the pharma supply chain, after receiving comments from stakeholders. The new document - Verification systems under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act for certain prescription drugs – lays out how the FDA expects manufacturers, wholesale ...