The I-CADMUS professional education programme is being developed for anyone who needs a shared standard for spotting seafood fraud — consumers, retail, processors, and regulators. Programme in development.
A proven path from awareness to capability — built around the way real consumers, retailers, and regulators absorb and apply new frameworks.
Read Sea of Deception and complete the eight online learning modules covering each I-CADMUS category in depth.
Submit your classifications for the eight Chapter 14 case studies. Compare your accuracy against other participants worldwide.
Pass the 90-minute final assessment. Receive your verifiable I-CADMUS Certified credential and join the global network.
Each module corresponds to a chapter of Sea of Deception and includes interactive exercises, downloadable resources, and short comprehension checks.
The structural conditions that make seafood the world's most fraud-prone food category. Sets up everything that follows.
How illegal catch enters legitimate supply. Vessel transhipment, port-state weakness, and the documents that get rewritten.
Forged certifications and manufactured brand identities. How to verify a label against a certifier's public database.
Phosphates, sulphites, undisclosed brines. The science of detection and the policy gaps that allow it.
Net-weight games and species blending. Hands-on weighing exercises and DNA-testing primer.
The "processed in" loophole. Wild vs farmed claims. How origin labelling rules differ across jurisdictions.
Off-the-books supply chains. Why traceability breaks. Recognising and refusing grey-channel product.
The most familiar fraud. Why DNA testing matters. Building accurate species-level language for menus and labels.
Apply the framework to the real-world Chapter 14 cases. Submit your classifications, receive feedback, and complete the 90-minute final assessment. Pass mark: 80%. Two attempts permitted.
Same framework. Different entry points and supporting resources tailored to consumers, retail, processors, and regulators.
The framework, the language, and the practical tools to spot and refuse fraud at the supermarket and restaurant. Free to start.
Audit checklists, supplier verification protocols, and staff training that integrate with existing supply-chain reviews.
Supply-chain mapping, DNA verification workflows, and risk classification fully aligned with AS 5300 and Codex.
The policy playbook plus implementation case studies. For drafting legislation, designing enforcement frameworks, and inter-jurisdictional coordination.
Every tier is planned to include the same core curriculum. Higher tiers will add audit tooling, industry support, and partner-network features. Programme in development.
Free to start. Self-paced. Built around the way real consumers and professionals actually learn. Join a global network committed to seafood integrity.
