FNCA Coordinators Meeting in June 2022, agreed to launch a new project titled "Combating Food Fraud using Nuclear Technology" from JFY 2022. The first online project meeting was held on 19 December 2022.

 

This ANSTO led project aims to establish a food provenance technology platform using affordable nuclear technology among FNCA member countries to mitigate the incidents of fraud in the supply chain. A total of six FNCA member countries attended the meeting, facilitated by Dr. Debashish Mazumder. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Alan Brindell, Director, International Cooperative Program, ANSTO and Mrs. Patricia Gadd, Water Research Manager, ANSTO.

Mr. Tomoaki Wada, FNCA coordinator of Japan presented the significance of this ANSTO led project which was approved by the 22nd FNCA coordinators meeting. This project in collaboration with FNCA member countries, aims to develop a regional fingerprint database for mitigating fraudulent activities in the supply chain and supporting business, trade among FNCA member countries. Project Leader Dr. Debashish Mazumder introduced the "Combating food fraud using nuclear technology" project to FNCA participants, outlining the milestones and workplan for the next 4 years.

It was suggested that the project should have one common seafood and an agriculture crop to start for the development of fingerprint database. The following table includes potential food items that might be of interest by the FNCA member countries. Food items included in the table were based on previous survey and information provided by your countries.