Food Fraud

Dr. John Ryan was the Administrator for the Hawaii State Department of Agriculture's Quality Assurance Division. He was responsible for developing food safety and traceability systems within the state of Hawaii. Dr. Ryan piloted the USA's first farm-to-fork award winning internet-enabled RFID food traceability system and one of America's early high-technology sensor based temperature control supply chain food safety system. He has recently worked with a number of international companies to establish real-time international food traceability that reports trans-Pacific transportation temperatures and tests for bacteria, explosives and container tampering. He spent two years as co-team leader for President Obama's FDA/CDC Information Technology team and also served on the FDA Performance Management and Standards Developments team. He is the president of Ryan Systems, located in Canyon Lake, CA.

IntroductionChapter 1 BackgroundChapter 2 Some Food Fraud LawsChapter 3 Food Fraud Through the Supply ChainChapter 4 Unprotected CustomersChapter 5 Traceability and Temperature Monitoring: Building Chain of Custody SystemsChapter 6 RecommendationsChapter 7 Available ResourcesChapter 8 Summary: Confusion Reigns