Maple syrup fraud? In Canada? That's not a food safety violation. That's treason!

Charlebois has a sharp piece out on the Quebec maple syrup investigation — and his real point is the one underneath the headline: this probably isn't the first time it's happened. Just the first time it's been caught.

Food fraud doesn't happen despite our food system. It happens because of how it's built — long supply chains, too many hands, labels nobody adequately verifies.

https://open.substack.com/pub/agrifoodanalyticslab/p/the-sticky-truth-about-food-fraud?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5bh5bl