10,000 checks in 2024 on the French origin of food products

The year 2024 was marked by a major protest movement by agricultural producers regarding their wage levels. Among their actions, French farmers visited supermarkets to raise awareness about competition from certain foreign products. In this context, the French Food Fraud Control Agency (DGCCRF) "strengthened its controls on food products presented as being of French origin," both in distribution networks and "alongside the entire marketing chain, in order to deepen investigations in the event of indications of fraud," it noted in its activity report. These controls revealed an "anomaly rate of 34%," leading the DGCCRF to issue 1,802 warnings for less serious violations, as well as 588 injunctions to cease illegal practices and 562 official reports in the most serious cases. The director of this department at the Ministry of the Economy, Sarah Lacoche, recalled during a press conference that a €100,000 fine had been imposed on a wholesaler in Loir-et-Cher who had lied about the ...