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The purpose of this gateway is to showcase model legislation that is relevant to this sector. To view legislation that has been passed to protect intellectual property within a certain country, please visit the Country Gateways.    

Documents:
	Agrolinks - Looking at the core of intellectual property rights and agriculture, CropLife, December 2006.
	Proving the Connection: links between intellectual property theft and organized crime, Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy (AACP).
	The Problem with Fake Foods, by Neil Davey, Food Safety.
	The Negative Consequences of International Intellectual Property Theft: Economic Harm, Threats to the Public Health and Safety, and Links to Organized Crime and Terrorist Organizations (White Paper),International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC), January 2005.
	Counterfeiting and Organized Crime, 2nd Edition, Union des Fabricants, 2004.
	The Global Beverage Industry Confronts Counterfeiting, 2005 Focus Report, Beverage Marketing Corporation.
	A Balanced Perspective: EPC/RFID Implementation in the CPG Industry, (EPC - Electronic Product Code, RFID - Radio Frequency Identification, CPG - Consumer Packaged Goods), Grocery Manufacturers Association, 2004.
	The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) / Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques (OCDE), 1998.