safefoodmitra.com · 2023-09-08 23:12:43
Food and beverages are characterized throughout the production chain to ensure safety, authenticity and quality. A wide range of analytical techniques are used for this, depending on the parameter being measured. But the increasing threat of food fraud is driving the development of new and more powerful combined approaches that can “fingerprint” food constituents to stay ahead of the game. Food fraud, broadly defined as “a misrepresentation of the true contents of food or drink, or its ingredients, for economic gain” is a regular occurrence that can not only impact public health but also impacts legitimate food producers and consumers.1 In addition to the well-publicized instances of food fraud, such as melamine being added to milk and the detection of horse meat DNA in ground beef products1, many everyday products that claim to be halal, kosher, organic, free-range or to have a specific provenance are also vulnerable to fraud.