British ministers are finally backing the Food Crime Unit (FCU) recommendation in the country after last year's horsemeat scandal in Europe.
Food security expert Chris Elliot, who is also a professor at Queens University Belfast, made the recommendation.
Some of Elliot's recommendations include unannounced audit checks by the food industry, the development of a whistleblowing system to better report food crime, to improve the way food is tested before it's distributed and encouraging those in the industry to question the source the food came from, reports BBC.
There is currently a huge incentive for food crimes to be pursued by criminals because there is a lack of investigation and prosecution in food crime, according to a report from the government released Thursday.
The report also announced the government backing the FCU recommendation.
"We're taking action to make sure that families can have absolute confidence in the food that they buy. When a shopper picks something up from a supermarket shelf it should be exactly what it says on the label, and we'll crack down on food fraudsters trying to con British consumers," the government wrote in a separate press release Thursday.
In January 2013 retailers in Britain - including Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Findus - were forced to pull meat off the shelves after it was discovered the foods passed off as beef were actually horse meat, according to The Guardian. The fraudulent foods were sold across Europe.
