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Waiter! There's a tilapia in my tuna Using a simple DNA fingerprinting test, a couple of students have been able to determine that a lot...

The Ersatz Medicine Shoppe The FDA has released a warning about counterfeit drugs at a couple of The Medicine Shoppe pharmacies in Baltimor...

Is the Produce Industry Having an Identity Crisis? Although I've tracked it very closely, I've up until now hesitated to blog about ...

From whence cometh my watermelons ? An article in The Packer today pointed the way to the future of fresh produce ... item-level traceabilit...

Fake Chips Are Heating Up Okay, bad pun. Of course, overheating is only one of the threats from counterfeit semiconductors. Fraud in elect...

Oh No! Fake OMO! We've been talking about the trend for counterfeiters to target ordinary branded consumer goods - not just luxury item...

Knocking Off Chips Even 'though manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs) is one of the most costly and complex processes known to man ......

The Latest Hall of Shame The German Plagiarius Awards call attention to the most flagrant fakes product imitations and raise awareness ab...

Fake Pesticides and Fertilizers For farmers in poor countries, often their biggest outlay is for pesticides and fertilizers. A recent repor...

No Laughing Matter Fisher Price's Tickle-Me Elmo is an icon of the Christmas rush. Always in high demand - it frequently sells out. No...

These Batteries are HOT! Once again, counterfeit laptop batteries are making news. This week, IBM f iled a lawsuit against an online retail...

Tiffany vs. eBay ... what next? Each side has presented its closing arguments. Although the Judge gave little indication of how he might ru...

All the News (and QR Codes) That's Fit to Print Today marks a watershed in QR Code history. There's a QR Code in the New York Ti...

Watch this space... This week, Tiffany & Co. is suing eBay, Inc. in a New York court. (see article here ) This case will likely set a p...

Infringing, Moi? We've occasionally shared photos of bad fakes on this blog. This French website has some great photos of appallingly sh...

Exploding Phones, worm-infested chocolates and Chisco In the last week we've seen news on exploding fake Nokia batteries in India. Acco...

Is your food un-COOL? With the continuing acrimony over contaminated or dangerous products coming from China, it's perhaps not surprisin...

Questionable Virginity An article in this week's New Yorker magazine by Tom Mueller digs into the widespread problem of Italian olive oi...

Putting the Brakes on Counterfeit Truck Brake Parts? Among the world of fake products, probably one that grabs the imagination best is count...

Counterfeit Drugs Claim a N.American victim While counterfeit drugs have long suspected to be in the system, and causing problems from conta...