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The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission have published their monthly collation of food fraud reports here. Thanks to FAN member Bruno Sechet who has again collated these as an infographic. The original infographic is on Bruno's…
In this study (purchase required), near-infrared spectroscopy coupled with chemometrics was validated to authenticate oat flour (from different forms of oat; oat groats, steel-cut and rolled oats) and distinguish it from common adulterants including…
There are many options for analytical techniques to authenticate edible oils. One which is less frequently reported is Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). DSC measures the thermal properties of a sample as it is heated or cooled through phase…
One of the most difficult challenges in authenticity analysis is verifying the species of an ingredient or component in processed products where little or no intact DNA might remain. Verifying tuna species in processed products (e.g. canned tuna)…
"Hello Barbara, Bruno Sechet creates these graphics on his LinkedIn page and his original images are higher resolution
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but if you want the detail then it is best to go back to the source data in the JRC monthly report - the link is in the blog.
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but if you want the detail then it is best to go back to the source data in the JRC monthly report - the link is in the blog.
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This paper (open access) reports the results of a structured survey of Finnish food businesses; both how they mitigate fraud risks at a corporate level and – separately – how employees view fraud risks and culture within their own company.
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"is it possible to have a higher resolution or larger picture of the infographic please? "
"Thanks very much for getting this published. Our heart-felt thanks to FAN's inagural Secretary, Dr Mark Woolfe, to producing this Compendium, to our Centres of Expertise reviewers, and to our government Partners for funding the work."
The most common method for detecting the fraudulent dilution of vinegar with synthetic acetic acid is SNIF-NMR. Discrimination relies upon marginal differences in the stable isotope ratio of atoms at certain positions within the acetic acid…
Under new UK legislation, coming into force later this year, organisations will be liable for fraud conducted by their employees or agents. This can be employees or agents at any level of seniority. Fines are potentially unlimited - a similar law…
The US Department for Justice has launched a pilot prosecution immunity protocol for corporate fraud whistleblowers. It only applies to the first report received, so is intended to be an incentive for a “race to report”. Lisa Monaco, Deputy…
In this publication (open access) the authors studied 22 types of commonly traded herbal spices belonging to 20 different genera and 21 species comprising 14 families. They examined them macroscopically and organoleptically as well as by…
This paper (open access) describes the development of a new sorbent to extract tartrazine from fake saffron in a 1-step procedure. Extraction was by dispersive micro- Solid Phase Extraction using a novel metal–organic framework containing iron…
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Hi Steve. I hope it's all going well. Congratulations on winning the co-ordinators' role. I'm reminded of a Groucho Marx quote - "I wouldn't want to join the sort of club that would accept someone like me as a member ...." John