Not everyone knows this, but foodwatch was founded in 2002 following a food scandal. Mad cow disease, BSE, held the whole of the Netherlands and Europe in its grip. There was much wrong with the transparency of the chain, the controls and enforcement.

Unfortunately, after almost 20 years of hard action, this is still the case. In fact, it has only gotten worse. What is going on with the fight against food fraud, I tell you in this newsletter.

Fraud with food: crime that pays off