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Food fraud: Testing honey with NMR-profiling

9 December 2015 | By Stephan Schwarzinger, Felix Brauer and Paul Rösch, Research Center for Bio-Macromolecules, University Bayreuth, ALNuMed GmbH / Bernd Kämpf, FoodQS GmbH, Markt Erlbach

Honey – for thousands of years it has been the only source of sweet taste, and it still is the prototype of an all-natural, healthy food. In particular with the growing trends for organic food and a healthy life-style honey has enjoyed steadily increasing popularity. Unfortunately, while demand is on…

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Food crime unit set up for Scotland

28 September 2015 | By Victoria White

The new unit which will be responsible for surveillance and detection of fraud and deliberate non-compliance within the food chain...

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USP develops new tool to assess vulnerabilities for food fraud

26 November 2014 | By The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) pre-released today a first-of-its-kind guidance document that offers a framework for the food industry and regulators to develop and implement preventive management systems to deal specifically with economically-motivated fraudulent adulteration of food ingredients...

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Food fraud prevention – beyond adulterants and to decision-making

27 October 2014 | By John Spink, Assistant Professor and Director of the Food Fraud Initiative, Michigan State University / Douglas C. Moyer, Assistant Professor, Program in Public Health, Michigan State University

Food Fraud is a very hot topic at the moment and the development of a ‘Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment’ is the next important step. There are several major projects underway that will shape our industry. Fortunately, project teams are collaborative and many of the same thought leaders are working together.…