Hey proof listeners, it's Bridget, and today's episode of proof is a bonus episode.

Now it's part of a series that we're doing this summer where we're answering your weird strange fabulous food questions.

Today I've got our tasting expert here.

Jack Bishop is in the studio to answer this question.

Now, food fraud is in the news.

There are police raids, lab tests,

you've got the mafia involved.

How does this sound?

Grass clippings in your tea, water in your milk.

It's not a mistake, it's food fraud.

Just last month, the FDA sent out this alert.

Undeclared peanuts and kumen powder.

Food fraud happens with everything from honey to hamburger.

Every day in the news there seems to be yet another story about food that we buy

that actually isn't the food that we think we're buying. And what is a person

who's already paranoid about what they're eating like myself to do. I don't trust anything. So I've got to ask

Jack here to get me back on the rails, see if I can trust anything. Can you give me some examples

of any food fraud that you see out there?

So is this like a therapy session?

So I'm going to get you to trust?

Exactly.

All right, close your eyes.

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