Food Crime: A Review of the UK Institutional Perception of Illicit Practices in the Food Sector

Alice Rizzuti
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Alice Rizzuti: Department of Sociology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK

Social Sciences, 2020, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-11

Abstract: Food offers highly profitable opportunities to criminal actors. Recent cases, from wine and meat adulteration to milk powder contaminations, have brought renewed attention to forms of harmful activities which have long occurred in the food sector. Despite several scandals over the last few decades, food has so far received scant criminological attention and the concept of food crime remains subject to different definitions. This article assesses regulations in the United Kingdom (UK) and UK authorities’ official reports published between 2013 and 2018 through a review of academic literature published in English. It charts the evolution of the food crime concept, its various meanings, and different harmful activities associated with food crime , which originate from unlawful acts and omissions. This article also points out that further criminological research needs to address the definitional issue of food crime and inform a more integrated policy approach by considering activities beyond food fraud and the protection of food safety.

Keywords: food crime; food scandals; food safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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