15 000 tonnes of illegal food and beverages off the market
To increase volumes and illegal profits, criminals add much cheaper corn syrup and sugarcane to genuine honey.
- To increase volumes and illegal profits, criminals add much cheaper corn syrup and sugarcane to genuine honey.
- This activity affects the market, which becomes inundated with counterfeits that are priced much lower than the genuine product.
- Europol requested that national authorities perform checks on illegal products that could be detected in the supply chain.
- Operation OPSON IX saw the launch of a dedicated project to support national authorities in combating the sale of illegal horse meat.