In the Lancet in the 1850s a series of reports described gruesome levels of adulteration in Londoners' food. Following a government inquiry, The Times lauded the supposed hero of the hour, Arthur Hill Hassall MD. In response a furious and acrimonious argument erupted in the letters-pages of The Times and two other medical journals. The details of this argument reveal that not everybody agreed t...

The adulteration of milk via the addition of low molecular weight compounds, such as melamine for economically motivated fraud, is a well-known concern1. Methods for adulteration detection have been examined extensively using, amongst other tools, LC/MS techniques. Current methods tend to focus on small molecule adulteration; however, large molecule adulteration with other animal or plant prote...

There is an increasing demand among consumers to know that the food they purchase is both safe and authentic. The adulteration or substitution of high value food with lower grade ingredients is of concern. Mislabeling of an inexpensive product as a valued brand, which is then sold on as a top grade product, can also be highly profitable, especially for foodstuffs that are associated with a cert...

There is an increasing demand among consumers to know that the food they purchase is both safe and authentic. The adulteration or substitution of high value food with lower grade ingredients is of concern. Mislabeling of an inexpensive product as a valued brand, which is then sold on as a top grade product, can also be highly profitable, especially for foodstuffs that are associated with a cert...

Adulteration of edible oils has attracted attention from more researchers and consumers in recent years. Complex multispecies adulteration is a commonly used strategy to mask the traditional adulteration detection methods. Most of the researchers were only concerned about single targeted adulterants, however, it was difficult to identify complex multispecies adulteration or untargeted adulteran...

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the dietary supplement (DS) current good manufacturing practice (GMP) regulations in compliance with the mandate from the Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act (DSHEA), with the intention of protecting public health by ensuring the quality of DS. The GMP regulations require manufacturers to establish their own quality specificat...

The European project FAIR-CT96-5053 concerned the application of the FT-Raman and infrared spectroscopy in food chemistry and quality control. Our research mainly concerned the study of the potential of Raman spectroscopy and the comparison with the results achieved in infrared spectroscopy. The discrimination of virgin olive oil from other edible oils, and the detection and quantification of v...

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law on January 4, 2011 by President Obama. It represents the largest expansion of food safety requirements and FDA food safety authorities since the enactment of the original Food Drug & Cosmetic Act in 1938. It adds Section 418 to the US FD&C Act, requiring facilities to perform a hazard analysis and implement a preventive controls plan....