More than 5,000 liquor and smoke shops were approved as retailers under SNAP, raising fraud concerns. There's no way to determine how much alcohol, tobacco, or other "non-compliant" goods have been ...

A deal at the grocery store might seem too good to be true, and experts from the University of Minnesota say it probably is. The University’s National Center for Food Protection and Defense is ...

New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reveal the states where the nation’s largest food assistance program is costing taxpayers the most through fraud and misuse. The size and scope of the ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — There are all types of scams but have you ever heard of food fraud? Food fraud is when a company, restaurant or supplier gets you to pay for a higher priced food item and then ...

Food fraud is a global problem and it’s getting worse. That’s according to the 2025 Food Fraud Vulnerability Index report, published by WellnessPulse. However, some countries and products are being ...

Does the maple syrup you poured on your pancakes this morning actually contain just maple syrup? Or has an unscrupulous seller added in corn syrup, cane sugar or synthetic sweeteners that you would ...

Fraud in the food stamp program is already a huge problem that costs federal taxpayers around $10 billion annually. The Senate might have just made that problem worse. A provision included in the ...

Honey fraud is a growing global issue, but blockchain-powered self-sovereign identity (SSI) offers an effective solution to tackle food fraud with tamper-proof verification. Brutal honesty has its ...

This is some food for thought for chronic complainers. Food delivery services are plagued with “refund fraud,” as customers demand money back for alleged unsatisfactory orders — even if there was ...

As consumers, it's almost impossible to tell if a label on food is genuine. A small team of scientists are taking on this big ...

WASHINGTON — A powerful US House committee and the Treasury Department both launched investigations into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s involvement in a “massive fraud” scheme that involved Somali ...