Authenticity: food
Food authenticity podcast 3: Peter Awram & Gillian Wade
Honey, fraud is a long-standing and deep-rooted problems, it is widely believed that it directly influence on the survival of beekeepers will.Honey fraud is also has a very real threat on the global food supply, as beekeepers fulfilled support pollinators (such as the bee pollen of animals) important responsibilities, and pollinators is very important to maintain the global food chain.
The issue of food authenticity podcast from honey producers and fraud legal expert Angle discusses the issues of honey adulteration and fraud.
Speaker Peter Awram Dr Is the second generation of beekeepers, he has the British Columbia, Canada's largest beekeeping industry, has been in operation since the 1950 s.Dr Awram received his Ph.D in microbiology at the university of British Columbia, is currently studying honey analysis technology.
Work with Dr Awram is Gillian Wade, a dedicated consumer fraud of the class action plaintiffs lawyers, on food fraud lawsuit, there are more than 17 years of experience.Gillian in Milstein Jackson Fairchild & Wade law firms, director of consumer fraud and collective litigation department, and is the university of California, Los Angeles Resnick food and external advisory board member of the legal policy center.
The challenge is to solve the problem of honey fraud extensive and complex.Many countries and regions have adopted different standards, legal framework and labeling requirements, this leads to some legal action become more difficult.Two speaker summarizes the complexity and the challenges on consumer choice, personal buying habits, food manufacturers, the influence of the local and national industry organization.
They also discussed to solve the problem of honey fraud work, including setting globally recognised testing standards and improve the consciousness of consumers.The couple also discusses the development prospects of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, as a powerful analysis technology, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is likely to make fake or fraudulent honey detection and qualitative is simpler and easier than before.
Introduction of the speaker
Dr Peter Awram
Dr Peter Awram is the second generation of beekeepers Worker Bee company, the company is one of the largest beekeeping businesses, British Columbia, Canada, founded in 1973, in British Columbia and alberta have branches.Dr Awram isTrue Honey BuzzThe CEO of the organization to create a real honey samples database.
Brooke's food for a few years ago, Dr Awram platform FoodScreener ™, because he found the adulteration of honey has become very bad.He is now using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology to develop a honey survey database, and solve the adulteration of the market.
Dr Awram obtained with emphasis on the molecular biology, Ph.D., and has written many peer-reviewed papers.The combination of science and beekeeping, he found that the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) honey analysis the cause of the honey industry is vital to the future.
Gillian l. Wade
Gillian l. Wade led MJFW consumer fraud and class-action lawsuits department law firms.Since 2005 law firms, Gillian's practice focuses on in complex litigation and consumer class action on behalf of the plaintiff, the lawsuit from a wide range of illegal activities, including in violation of the unfair competition law in California and false advertisement law, in violation of the antitrust law, consumer law remedies, data privacy and privacy invasion, the elderly and disabled financial regulations, breach of employment laws and regulations, guarantee abuse and product liability law, and the behavior of the infringement of their civil rights.Gillian has been involved in more than 75 consumer fraud on the solution of the class action lawsuit.
In 2019, Gillian to accept the invitation to join the university of California, Los Angeles, Resnick food and legal policy center external advisory board.
Gillian also named to the 2018-2019 class-action trial lawyers association executive committee of the top 25, is currently the national st. Jude children's hospital network news boards.Every year since 2013, Gillian listed in southern California super lawyers, only 5% of the state lawyers.Before joining the institute, Gillian is Jones day trial lawyers, she in consumer fraud class-action lawsuits, ERISA cases and lawsuit instituted under the fair credit reporting act of defense for the enterprise.
Gillian who graduated from the university of California, San Diego (bachelor degree in political science, 1999) and Pepperdine university (j.d., 2003), she graduated with high honors, is John Purfield memorial scholarship winner, and the staff as Pepperdine law review.
