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Infrared thermography is a promising technology for food authenticity testing. It is non-contact, high speed, and can detect structural and compositional heterogeneities through thermal patterns.
This review (purchase required, USD $31.50) explains…
This review (purchase required, USD $31.50) explains…
In this study (open access) the researchers developed and validated HPLC and LC-MS method for curcumin in turmeric and coumarin in cinnamon . They used the methods to test approximately 150 samples of each; a mix of market samples taken at…
This critical review of detection methods and global surveillance data ((GBP £48 purchase required) reveals persistent contamination of chilli-based products and edible oils, with marked geographic heterogeneity in prevalence rates and…
This study (purchase required, $USD 31.50) evaluated Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy combined with chemometric analysis as a rapid screening tool for the discrimination of sugar products differing in botanical origin and…
The main purpose of this study (open access) was to map the chemical aroma profiles of different species of oregano, plus different adulterated blends, using gas chromatography with ion mobility mass spectrometry (GC-IM-MS). The study does,…
Algae are growing in popularity as an alternative protein source. Because algae-based foods undergo drying, grinding, and extraction during processing, morphological identification of raw materials becomes almost impossible, increasing the risk of…
In this study (open access), a UHPLC-QToF-MS method was used to quantify 15 desulfoglucosinolates (GSLs) in Brassica vegetables and pungent species. The authors modelled a GSL profile for each species. They report that authenticated plants…
The adulteration of ground cinnamon (particularly the substitution or dilution of “true” cinnamon with cheaper species such as cassia bark) has been high on many vulnerability risk registers for the past few years. This has driven the development…
This study (open access) aimed to develop a non-invasive computer-vision method based on deep learning to detect water adulteration in orange juice. The model was trained on three juices (freshly squeezed juice, juice from concentrate, and orange…
The Food Standards Agency have published their incidents prevention report for September here. You can sign up to receive these free reports direct to your e-mail by using the same link.
These short monthly bulletins cover all food safety and food…
These short monthly bulletins cover all food safety and food…
This monthly highlights report has been produced for FAN members by one of our Partner organisations, iComplai.
The report is an AI-generated prioritised digest. It is blended from online regulatory and media reports of food fraud incidents and…
The report is an AI-generated prioritised digest. It is blended from online regulatory and media reports of food fraud incidents and…
It is rare for scientific publications to focus objectives that were unachieved, or results that failed. This is unfortunate, as such studies can offer valuable insight to other researchers.
In this paper (USD $27 purchase required) the authors…
In this paper (USD $27 purchase required) the authors…
This year's theme for the ACG London Conference is Exploitation at Scale: Organised Crime, Illicit Trade and the Future of IP Protection.
The agenda includes The UK Counter-Infringement team introducing the Counter-Infringement Strategy 2027…
The agenda includes The UK Counter-Infringement team introducing the Counter-Infringement Strategy 2027…
The July 2026 EU Agri-Food Suspicions has been published. You can read all of the reports here.
There has been a drop from the increased number of suspicions seen in June, and a much more even spread of suspicions and incidents across different…
There has been a drop from the increased number of suspicions seen in June, and a much more even spread of suspicions and incidents across different…
Rendered fats are vulnerable to species adulteration and also to low-level accidental species cross-contamination which would exclude them from some religious diets. Species verification testing is difficult, particularly techniques that can be…
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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