Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 18 (2023), Issue 3, Page 197 - 198

Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 18 (2023), Issue 2, Page 134 - 135

Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 18 (2023), Issue 1, Page 55 - 56

Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 18 (2023), Issue 6, Page 402 - 403

Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 17 (2022), Issue 3, Page 246 - 247

Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 17 (2022), Issue 5, Page 371 - 372

Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 16 (2021), Issue 6, Page 505 - 510

Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 14 (2019), Issue 5, Page 496 - 499

Maree Gallagher, Ian Thomas

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 5 (2010), Issue 6, Page 347 - 353

This article considers the significance and detrimental impact of the adulteration and misdescription of food and whether it can ever be prevented. We examine the issue from both a historical and a contemporary perspective and we examine the changes in the way food has been adulterated and the fight to detect and prevent this. We also consider the seriousness of this type of activity for consumers and for all legitimate food businesses. The focus of the article is on deliberate adulteration and deliberate misdescription but as will be seen we include references to adulteration and misdescription which are not necessarily deliberate as the science and methods of detection apply equally to both. Furthermore the actions of food businesses to protect themselves and respond to food crises do not always depend on the intentions of the person involved. We primarily look at events in Ireland and in the United Kingdom but the general themes we refer to are equally of relevance and importance to food businesses and authorities in Europe and beyond.