The food industry is increasingly facing the risk of being blackmailed. Major brands are the targets of blackmailers and manufacturers are forced to disclose an attack, with great damage to the brand name. But who will take the risk of a single life lost due to poisoned food products? Therefore the current focus within packaging development is on tamper-evident packaging, either by integrated solutions or by additional applications, such as labels. Analysing real blackmail incidents throughout the world helps to understand the process in detail. Two major issues have to be distinguished: on the one hand, the prevention of tampering; and on the other hand, the capability of finding already tampered products on the shelf by integrated identification.
