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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"food fraud"”.
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A blueprint for food fraud mitigation and prevention for the beef industry
… aimed to provide comprehensive guidance for food fraud prevention and mitigation in the beef industry by analysing historical incident of food fraud in the beef supply chain, determining types of fraud which threatens the beef supply chain, assessing and prioritized the risk associated with …
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Innovations in detecting food fraud using mass spectrometric platforms and chemometric modelling
Food fraud is an economically motivated concept that has occurred within the food supply system since trading began. It has been defined as the deliberate and intentional substitution, addition, tampering or misrepresentation of food, food ingredients and food packaging for an economic gain. It is …
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Consumers' purchasing behaviour under risk and uncertainty: three essays on food authenticity
… ambiguity attitudes, and information. I focus on food purchasing decisions with uncertainty about the quality generated by food fraud.<br/><br/>The first essay uses an artefactual field experiment to explore bidding behaviour under risk and uncertainty in homegrown value (HGV) and induced value …
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Organised Food Crime? Analysing harmful and criminal activities in the food supply chain in England and Italy
Food has always been subject to practices such as counterfeiting or adulteration. Yet, food crime – criminal practices committed throughout the food supply chain – is an under investigated field of research of extreme importance as modern food systems offer profitable opportunities to criminal …
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Identification of Species in Ground Meat Products Sold on the U.S. Commercial Market Using DNA-Based Methods
… of ground meat products is a form of food fraud that can lead to economic deception and interfere with dietary restrictions related to allergens or religious beliefs. In various parts of the world, including Ireland, Mexico and Turkey, high levels of meat mislabeling have been reported …
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Economically motivated adulteration: implications for food protection and alternate approaches to detection
The food supply system is vulnerable to various types of contamination and adulteration. This research focuses on economically motivated adulteration (often called "food fraud"). Economically motivated adulteration (EMA) refers to the knowingly selling a food product that is not up to standards in …
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Synthetic and ecological chemistry of natural products and analogues from sexually deceptive Chiloglottis orchids
… 1 describes the conditions for pollination by food fraud and reproductive deception, with reference to insect pheromone systems, including their biological and behavioural functions, and chemical properties. Sexual deception, with a focus on the Australian genera, is given particular emphasis. …
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Synthetic and ecological chemistry of natural products and analogues from sexually deceptive Chiloglottis orchids
… 1 describes the conditions for pollination by food fraud and reproductive deception, with reference to insect pheromone systems, including their biological and behavioural functions, and chemical properties. Sexual deception, with a focus on the Australian genera, is given particular emphasis. …
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Innovative molecular methods for fish species differentiation
… Snappers are a frequently studied fish family in food science because many mislabeled snapper products are found on the market due to their high morphological and genetic similarities. Especially, the “Red Snapper” (in Germany: L. malabaricus) is particularly prone to mislabeling, and species …
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The detection of economically motivated adulteration in the herb and spice industry
… offer the motivation andthe opportunity for fraudsters to carry out economically motivated adulteration(EMA) and pose economic and public health risks in doing so. Spectroscopy inconjunction with chemometrics, allow for nontargeted qualitative methods to bedeveloped to detect the …
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Exploring recent innovations in ambient mass spectrometry to deliver a paradigm shift in food safety, security and authenticity
Food fraud has been a problem for both consumers and producers for millennia; the Roman Empire instituted some of the first legislation to protect against practices which could cause illness or death to its citizens. Governments in the years since have instituted a wide variety of safeguards to …
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Development and validation of ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods for screening of selective androgen receptor modulators in urine and blood
… also been suggested to potentially find use in foodproducing species to increase meat yield and production efficiency. In response to the illicit use of SARMs through doping and food fraud practices, SARMs are banned in human and equine sport by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the …
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Development and Application of An Integrated GC-MS/MS and GC-IRMS Analytical Approach in Food Quality Evaluation
… concerned not only about the composition of food products but also about their authenticity and geographical origin. Globalisation of food markets and the growing demand for high-quality natural ingredients have increased the economic value of many food products and flavourings. As a …