In 2019, a coffee chain in Taiwan was found to be mixing relatively cheap Robusta beans into products marketed as 100% Arabica. Many studies show 16-OMC is remarkable marker distinguish from Arabica beans, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) convenient efficient technique for quantification. Here, 500 MHz NMR employed determine the content of adulterate evaluation. A total 118 samples were ana...

Maleic acid (MA), an intermediate reagent used in many industrial products, instigated public health concerns in Taiwan when it was used to adulterate an array of starch-based delicacies to improve texture and storage time. Established studies reported that exposure to high concentrations of MA induce renal injury; little is known whether oxidative stress is induced at a relative low dose. This...

Vegetable oils and fats have a big contribution in our diet as cooking or frying oil, salad oil or in food products formulation. They are important from nutritional and economical point of views. Their authenticity is a serious issue since old time. Some edible oils and fats such as olive oil, cocoa butter and milk fat are so expensive which makes tempting to adulterate them with other lower pr...

We report here about the practice of using metanil yellow, a non permitted synthetic dye, in the adulteration of some food items produced by the organized and unorganized sectors located in different districts in West Bengal, India. We considered three food itemsturmeric powder, ladoo and besan for the detection of the presence of metanil yellow. We observed that 58 of the 253 samples i.e. 20.9...

Levamisole is an antihelminthic and immunomodulator medication that was banned by the USFDA in 1998. It has been increasingly used to adulterate cocaine due to its psychotropic effects and morphological properties. Adverse reactions including cutaneous vasculitis, thrombocytopenia, and agranulocytosis have been well described. Despite systemic vasculitis in this setting, renal involvement is un...

Indonesia is a country with majority Muslim population, and the halal food consumed should be assured. One type of that must considered from meat products. Due to price difference between non-halal meat, some unethical producers try adulterate beef rat meat. The research objective was employ FTIR spectroscopy in combination chemometrics for analysis adulteration meatballs. Lipid components meat...

Developing countries are considered to be more susceptible food adulteration, including milk a large extent, as this is global concern of the risks associated with it. Due lack monitoring, adulterous can pose serious health leading fatal diseases. In study, samples were collected from several supermarkets and minimarkets in Erbil city, capital Kurdistan region Iraq. 100 cans UHT whole cow four ...

Urea as a source of cheap non-protein nitrogen is used to adulterate fish and meat meals which are basic components broiler diets. The present study was carried out elucidate the effects urea on weight gain, hematological biochemical profiles. A total 48 chicks were randomly allotted into 4 groups, designated Groups 1, 2, 3 12 birds each. Birds in fed diets containing at levels 1%, 2.5% 4%, res...

Commercially available conventional drugs have been used to adulterate herbal products. Considering the rapid growth of products’ market, it is essential screen products for presence drugs. Simple analytical methods are needed screening that likely be adulterated in Thin layer chromatography (TLC) twelve developed and applied. The analytes were extracted from using acetonitrile:methanol:acetic ...

Vegetable oils and fats have a big contribution in our diet as cooking or frying oil, salad oil or in food products formulation. They are important from nutritional and economical point of views. Their authenticity is a serious issue since old time. Some edible oils and fats such as olive oil, cocoa butter and milk fat are so expensive which makes tempting to adulterate them with other lower pr...