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There is a new and growing danger with the food we . Criminal gangs are billions of dollars of fake food to supermarkets around the world. The food could very dangerous. In the past few years, there have some high-profile scandals. In Britain, tons of horse meat up in products that were as beef. British police recently a product that used cheaper peanut powder instead of almond flour. This could seriously or kill people with peanut allergies. In 2008, six babies died in China after gangs made and sold fake milk powder. Gangs can a lot of money from fake food. It is also safer than selling drugs for the gangs because the penalties lower.

The assistant director of Interpol, Michael Ellis, the BBC that food crime is very similar to the drugs trade. He : "In my experience, the patterns by criminals involved in counterfeiting are very similar to those used in the dealing of drugs." He said police in 33 countries that food crime a serious international problem. The police found children's candies that were with a poisonous chemical, 430,000 litres of fake drinks and 22 tons of long-grain rice that was labeled as high-quality basmati rice. The British government said it was a difficult problem to . It said that technology might the only way to the criminal gangs.