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COST OF FOOD SAFETY INCIDENTS

• Cost of economic adulteration and counterfeiting of global food and consumer products is $10 - $15 billions/year • Cost of once incident of product adulteration runs between 2%-15% of annual revenue. Translates to $400 million impact for a $10 billion company

Source: GMA, 2010 study

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HOW DO WE MANAGE THE PROBLEM?

• Definition of appropriate testing, • Standardization of analytical methods and

• Global harmonization of methods

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