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A colleague of mine in Turkey reported interest from the Turkish authorities to "deal with" the addition of modified starch to meat to increase apparent weight. It was not specified whether this is processed products such a sausage (I thought that t
Read more…Large-scale international food safety scandals are known to be episodic. This year alone, these have included the export of expired or spoiled meat from 21 producers in Brazil to 61 countries, the pesticide fipronil in eggs affecting 65 countries to
Read more…There is an updated code of practice on basmati rice varieties which lists 28 additional varieties that can be labelled as basmati rice http://www.riceassociation.org.uk/content/1/47/2017-basmati-code-of-practice.html . I am wondering if there are
Read more…An UK government funded project (FA0159, Defra ), in liaison with FoodIntegrity (www.foodintegrity.eu), is conducting a survey to understand the current needs for /availability of pork data bases for geographical origin determination. A series of que
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The BSI has recently launched a public online system where new work proposals are accessible for wider view and comment. BSI hopes this will assist in increasing awareness of the Standards Development Portfolio - please feel free to
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This Report was published sometime ago but in case you have not seen it, I attach.
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Roger
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Read more…A review paper "Ground Roast Coffee: Review of Analytical Strategies to Estimate Geographic Origin, Species Authenticity and Adulteration by dilution" has been published, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12161-016-0756-3
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Read more…"Consumers have the right to make informed decisions about the food they purchase. Agricultural products of high commercial value have been traditionally the target of fraudulent malpractices. Prevention of fraud and promotion o
Read more…LGC, in its role as Government Chemist acts as impartial referee for disputes over suspected food adulteration. Through independent analysis, the ‘Government Chemist function’ enables consumer confidence in food safety
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I am sure that you will have seen the attached (the BSI versions have been extensively circulated in the food and feed sectors) but just in case not I attach here.
In my opinion this just emphasises the importance of BSI/CEN, particularly post-Bre
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You will have seen the attached FSA/FSS Consultation (see:
http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/help-shape-our-policies/adulteration-of-food) and attached document.
I am a little confused now between the relative roles of Defra (which is not
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Those who pick up the Daily Mail may have seen:
Someone pointed it out to me. All good jou
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To update, you will be interested to see the attached. This is the current outcome from the circulation of the CEN questionnaire on authenticity. I received no useable responses to my news item. As a result BSI abstained from responding.
Read more…A useful general review on methods for food authenticity was published in 2010. The review highlights the practical challenges faced in developing authenticity methods, and focuses on the techniques that have been the most successful (stable isotope
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