A digital fingerprint developed at the University of Copenhagen is claimed to make products impossible to fake.

The 2024 edition of the US Trade Representative's Notorious Markets List has arrived, identifying 38 online and 33 physical markets that are accused of involvement in "substantial" trademark ...

ID documents continue to be at risk from counterfeiting but innovation in optical technologies plays a central role in the battle to protect people and revenues, says Dr Mark Deakes, chair of the new ...

India has just floated a proposal to greatly expand its QR coding programme for protection against counterfeit medicines. That same platform however was earlier compromised with fake QR codes ...

The Indian anti-counterfeiting programme meant to protect domestic drug supplies has failed, and is actually now a gift to the counterfeiters. India is again making news in the pharmaceutical sector, ...

Premium Cuban cigar producer Habanos has ramped up its efforts to tackle counterfeit versions of its products by developing an authentication system that relies on both physical and digital features.

Portugal's Food and Economic Security Authority (ASAE) has dismantled a food fraud scheme involving cooking oil, seizing illicit materials worth €82,500. The operation focused on the districts of ...

The Indian QR coding programme introduced in 2023 to detect counterfeit medicines will instead now cause great harm due to its flawed design and poor implementation by drug makers, with multinational ...

A product verification service developed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) in the US has now been rolled out in more than 30 states, according to the organisation. The Pulse by ...

A pilot project aimed to encourage on-farm sustainability reporting and supply chain traceability in the beef industry has been launched in Australia. The pilot will trial a digital sustainability ...

Resale platform StockX has been on the receiving end of claims that it has sold counterfeit versions of branded goods, but claims to have cracked down on fakes in a new report. The company's second ...

As we are approaching the end of the year 2023, it is time to look towards not 2024 but the year 2025, which will bring in several notable changes to the EU-Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) systems ...