Mumbai Counterfeit Ring Exposes Global Supply Chain Vulnerability
A recent raid in Mumbai uncovered a sophisticated counterfeiting ring that was scraping off old expiration dates, printing false nutritional facts, and packaging expired goods from global heavyweights like PepsiCo, Nestle, Coca-Cola, and Unilever for international export.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is currently assessing whether any of those fraudulent food products slipped through the cracks and landed on Canadian grocery store shelves.
State food and drug administration officials in Maharashtra seized roughly $80,000 worth of expired or near-expiry food products, industrial chemicals, and dedicated printing hardware from a warehouse that operated as a high-tech laundering facility for nineteen small, obscure export firms.
The rogue exporters took domestic Indian snacks and beverages, stripped away their original identities, and slapped brand-new labels on them, including a packet of PepsiCo’s Kurkure puffed snacks featuring a fake nutrition label formatted in both English and French.