Dairy products are supposed to be healthy, tasty, clean and legal, but unfortunately, as with other industries, criminals seek to exploit demand created by honest suppliers through smuggling, mislabelling, adulterating and selling unsafe stock. These concerns prompt regular action by police, for whom food fraud and related crime is an increasing risk worldwide, and given the international nature of today's supply chains, cross-border collaboration between law enforcement forces is of special value. A good example is Operation Opson, an annual international initiative coordinated by Interpol and European police agency Europol, 83 national police forces worldwide, EU anti-fraud office OLAF, the European Commission and the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), working with national food regulatory authorities and private sector partners from 77 countries.
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