Herbs and spices fraud guidance

An industry body, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), is offering best practice on assessing and protecting culinary dried herbs and spices.The FDF points out that the global market for herbs and spices has diverse supply chains and products being sourced from a variety of businesses ranging from large scale producers to smallholders.Many herbs and spices grow wild and are farmed on a village or subsistence scale and there are often many intermediaries in the supply chain from farmer, c...