Food Safety Matters

Dr. John Spink is the director of the Food Fraud Initiative at Michigan State University (MSU) (http://foodfraud.msu.edu/). Over the years, John's research has focused on economically motivated food adulteration, including the use of adulterant substances, counterfeit products, stolen goods, smuggled goods, tampering and intentional mislabeling. His leadership positions include product fraud related activities with the International Organization for Standardization (https://www.iso.org/home.html), Global Food Safety Initiative's (GFSI's) Food Fraud Think Tank (http://www.mygfsi.com/files/Technical_Documents/Food_Fraud_Position_Paper.pdf), and U.S. Pharmacopeia (https://www.foodfraud.org/).  John's global activities include engagements with the European Commission (https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/food-fraud_en), INTERPOL and Operation Opson (https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/food-fraud-joint-europol-interpol-operation-opson-v-results-report), New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (https://www.