Duped: Food Exposed — Part 1

Can Australians trust the labels on the food they buy? In a major two-part Four Corners investigation, Adele Ferguson and the award-winning team behind the investigation into Australia's childcare sector team up with forensic food scientists to examine the integrity of Australia's food supply. The result of an eight-month investigation, the program commissions extensive laboratory testing of everyday supermarket products and interrogates the global supply chains and regulatory systems that shape what ends up on our supermarket shelves. The shocking results raise serious questions about food authenticity, misleading origin claims and undeclared ingredients in common pantry items. Food fraud is easy to commit, hard to detect, and worth billions. And the people paying the price are consumers. Across two programs, Ferguson follows the food trail from Australian supermarkets to international supply chains, revealing how products can be adulterated long before they reach the shopping trolley or are linked to deeply unethical labour practices. Using exclusive forensic testing, undercover reporting and insider accounts, Duped unmasks a lucrative form of organised fraud. Duped: Food Exposed airs over two consecutive Mondays — 27 July and 3 August — on ABC TV and ABC iview.