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This webinar is for representatives from 8 EU-funded projects to report back on the technologies being used to improve traceability and verification in food supply chains, and to take questions.  The registration link is here.
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30-10.35…
22 hours ago
John Points posted a blog post
This peer-reviewed pre-print (open access) reports a classification model for different Greek olive oil cultivars using combined data from two analytical techniques: volatile component analysis (6 marker compounds) by solid phase microextraction –…
Tuesday
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Shrimp surimi-based products (SSPs) are composed of minced shrimp meat and are highly susceptible to fraudulent substitution by cheaper fish surimi.
This study (open access) employed a double-gene metabarcoding approach to authenticate SSPs sold in…
Feb 6
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The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission have published their monthly collation of food fraud reports, combined for November and December 2024, here.  Thanks again to FAN member Bruno Sechet who has turned these into an infographic.  The…
Feb 5
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The  aim of this proof-of-principle study (open access) was to design a universal DNA microarray (“DNA Chip”) to distinguish all edible fish species by comparing hybridization signal patterns from samples with patterns obtained from reference…
Feb 4
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In this paper (open access) two optical spectroscopic techniques,  Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and UV-Vis-NIR absorption spectroscopy, are assessed for EVOO adulteration detection, using the same reference database of olive oil…
Feb 3
John Points published an article
Registration and accomodation booking is open for the 2025 annual meeting of the International Association of Food Protection in Cleveland, USA,  27-30 July 2025.  These conferences have a varied programme of main talks and satellite events, and…
Jan 31
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This paper (purchase required) reports the use of a portable optical sensor (Multi-Spectral Imaging) to build a classification model for detecting milk adulteration. This encompassed mixtures of milk from different species (cow, goat, and sheep), as…
Jan 29
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Cocoa is high on many companies’ current risk radar for authenticity threats, due to recent supply pressures and price increases. Carob has legitimate uses as a cocoa replacement, and carob flour has been cited as a potential cocoa adulterant.
This…
Jan 28
John Points posted a blog post
An electronic nose (“e-nose”) is a sensor used to selectively measure volatile organic compounds.  Although e-noses have advantages in terms of cost and ease of use, they also have inherent limitations in terms of sensitivity to detect subtle…
Jan 22
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The UK Food and Drink Federation is pleased to be partnering with the FSA’s National Food Fraud Crime Unit (NFCU) to offer a free in-person desktop exercise for FDF members to help increase resilience to food crime. This NFCU developed exercise will…
Jan 22
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Jan 20
Savvas Xystouris commented on John Points's blog post Survey results – low sheep/goat milk content in Cypriot halloumi
"Cyprus is perhaps unique in that it keeps resisting to "protect" our national cheese due to the number of years that halloumi cheese remained unprotected. Cow milk production has flourished so the protection came very little, very late,…"
Jan 20
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This study (open-access author’s link available until February 14, with thanks to Michele Suman for sharing) reports the development and validation of a non-targeted classification method for authenticity of dried oregano leaves by atmospheric…
Jan 17
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Early-Bird Registration is open here, and abstracts are still being accepted.
This week-long technical meeting includes a session on "Food Authenticity, forensics and isoscapes", co-ordinated by Dr Simon Kelly of the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre of Nuclear…
Jan 17
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This paper (purchase required) reports a method to differentiate pork gelatin from beef gelatin (down to 0.01% cross-contamination levels) based on the LC-MSMS analysis of 13 peptide marker ions (8 for bovine, 5 for porcine).  The authors report…
Jan 15
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