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Akanmu AO, Asemoloye MD, Marchisio MA, Babalola OO. Adoption of CRISPR-Cas for crop production: present status and future prospects. PeerJ 2024; 12:e17402. [PMID: 38860212 PMCID: PMC11164064 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.17402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024] Open
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Background Global food systems in recent years have been impacted by some harsh environmental challenges and excessive anthropogenic activities. The increasing levels of both biotic and abiotic stressors have led to a decline in food production, safety, and quality. This has also contributed to a low crop production rate and difficulty in meeting the requirements of the ever-growing population. Several biotic stresses have developed above natural resistance in crops coupled with alarming contamination rates. In particular, the multiple antibiotic resistance in bacteria and some other plant pathogens has been a hot topic over recent years since the food system is often exposed to contamination at each of the farm-to-fork stages. Therefore, a system that prioritizes the safety, quality, and availability of foods is needed to meet the health and dietary preferences of everyone at every time. Methods This review collected scattered information on food systems and proposes methods for plant disease management. Multiple databases were searched for relevant specialized literature in the field. Particular attention was placed on the genetic methods with special interest in the potentials of the Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and Cas (CRISPR associated) proteins technology in food systems and security. Results The review reveals the approaches that have been developed to salvage the problem of food insecurity in an attempt to achieve sustainable agriculture. On crop plants, some systems tend towards either enhancing the systemic resistance or engineering resistant varieties against known pathogens. The CRISPR-Cas technology has become a popular tool for engineering desired genes in living organisms. This review discusses its impact and why it should be considered in the sustainable management, availability, and quality of food systems. Some important roles of CRISPR-Cas have been established concerning conventional and earlier genome editing methods for simultaneous modification of different agronomic traits in crops. Conclusion Despite the controversies over the safety of the CRISPR-Cas system, its importance has been evident in the engineering of disease- and drought-resistant crop varieties, the improvement of crop yield, and enhancement of food quality.
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- Akinlolu Olalekan Akanmu
- Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of North-West, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of North-West, Mmabatho, South Africa
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- Food Security and Safety Focus Area, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of North-West, Mmabatho, South Africa
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Lawrence S, Elliott C, Huisman W, Dean M, van Ruth S. Food fraud threats in UK post-harvest seafood supply chains; an assessment of current vulnerabilities. NPJ Sci Food 2024; 8:30. [PMID: 38802407 PMCID: PMC11130318 DOI: 10.1038/s41538-024-00272-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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Seafood fraud is commonly reported on food fraud databases and deceptive practices are highlighted by numerous studies, with impacts on the economy, health and marine conservation. Food fraud assessments are a widely accepted fraud mitigation and prevention activity undertaken to identify possible points of deception within a supply chain. This study aims to understand the food fraud vulnerability of post-harvest seafood supply chains in the UK and determine if there are differences according to commodity, supply chain node, business size and certification status. The SSAFE food fraud vulnerability assessment tool was used to assess 48 fraud factors relating to opportunities, motivations and controls. The analysis found seafood supply chains to have a medium vulnerability to food fraud, with the highest perceived vulnerability in technical opportunities. Certification status was a stronger determinant of vulnerability than any other factor, particularly in the level of controls, a factor that also indicated a higher perceived level of vulnerability in smaller companies and the food service industry. This paper also reviews historic food fraud trends in the sector to provide additional insights and the analysis indicates that certain areas of the supply chain, including uncertified prawn supply chains, salmon supply chains and food service companies, may be at higher risk of food fraud. This study conducts an in-depth examination of food fraud vulnerability relating to the UK and for seafood supply chains and contributes to a growing body of literature identifying areas of vulnerability and resilience to food related criminality within the global food system.
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- Sophie Lawrence
- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK.
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Faculty of Law, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- School of Agriculture and Food Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, 4, Ireland
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Cruz-Tirado JP, Lima Brasil Y, Freitas Lima A, Alva Pretel H, Teixeira Godoy H, Barbin D, Siche R. Rapid and non-destructive cinnamon authentication by NIR-hyperspectral imaging and classification chemometrics tools. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2023; 289:122226. [PMID: 36512964 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.122226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Cinnamon is a valuable aromatic spice widely used in pharmaceutical and food industry. Commonly, two-cinnamon species are available in the market, Cinnamomum verum (true cinnamon), cropped only in Sri Lanka, and Cinnamomum cassia (false cinnamon), cropped in different geographical origins. Thus, this work aimed to develop classification models based on NIR-hyperspectral imaging (NIR-HSI) coupled to chemometrics to classify C. verum and C. cassia sticks. First, principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to explore hyperspectral images. Scores surface displayed the high similarity between species supported by comparable macronutrient concentration. PC3 allowed better class differentiation compared to PC1 and PC2, with loadings exhibiting peaks related to phenolics/aromatics compounds, such as coumarin (C. cassia) or catechin (C. verum). Partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) and Support vector machine (SVM) reached similar performance to classify samples according to origin, with error = 3.3 % and accuracy = 96.7 %. A permutation test with p < 0.05 validated PLS-DA predictions have real spectral data dependency, and they are not result of chance. Pixel-wise (approach A) and sample-wise (approach B, C and D) classification maps reached a correct classification rate (CCR) of 98.3 % for C. verum and 100 % for C. cassia. NIR-HSI supported by classification chemometrics tools can be used as reliable analytical method for cinnamon authentication.
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- J P Cruz-Tirado
- Department of Food Engineering, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food Engineering, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food Science, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Escuela de Ingeniería Agroindustrial, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Av. Juan Pablo II s/n, Trujillo, Peru
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- Department of Food Science, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Food Engineering, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Escuela de Ingeniería Agroindustrial, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Av. Juan Pablo II s/n, Trujillo, Peru.
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An Authentication Survey on Retail Seafood Products Sold on the Bulgarian Market Underlines the Need for Upgrading the Traceability System. Foods 2023; 12:foods12051070. [PMID: 36900583 PMCID: PMC10000581 DOI: 10.3390/foods12051070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Economically motivated or accidental species substitutions lead to economic and potential health damage to consumers with a loss of confidence in the fishery supply chain. In the present study, a three-year survey on 199 retail seafood products sold on the Bulgarian market was addressed to assess: (1) product authenticity by molecular identification; (2) trade name compliance to the list of official trade names accepted in the territory; (3) adherence of the list in force to the market supply. DNA barcoding on mitochondrial and nuclear genes was applied for the identification of whitefish (WF), crustaceans (C) and mollusks (cephalopods-MC; gastropods-MG; bivalves-MB) except for Mytilus sp. products for which the analysis was conducted with a previously validated RFLP PCR protocol. Identification at the species level was obtained for 94.5% of the products. Failures in species allocation were reconducted due to low resolution and reliability or the absence of reference sequences. The study highlighted an overall mislabeling rate of 11%. WF showed the highest mislabeling rate (14%), followed by MB (12.5%), MC (10%) and C (7.9%). This evidence emphasized the use of DNA-based methods as tools for seafood authentication. The presence of non-compliant trade names and the ineffectiveness of the list to describe the market species varieties attested to the need to improve seafood labeling and traceability at the national level.
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Kępińska-Pacelik J, Biel W, Natonek-Wiśniewska M, Krzyścin P. Assessment of adulteration in the composition of dog food based on DNA identification by real-time PCR. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2023.115609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Food Fraud Vulnerability Assessment in the Chinese Baijiu Supply Chain. Foods 2023; 12:foods12030516. [PMID: 36766045 PMCID: PMC9914212 DOI: 10.3390/foods12030516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2022] [Revised: 01/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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As a representative of Chinese alcoholic drinks, baijiu has developed into a mass-consumption commodity. Its simple industrial chain makes it a suitable target for fraudsters. In order to understand the differences and potential factors of fraud vulnerability among groups at various levels, this study constructed a food fraud vulnerability assessment system for the Chinese baijiu supply chain based on routine activities theory. We examined the fraud vulnerability in the baijiu supply chain with data from 243 producers and 45 retailers by using the safe supply of affordable food everywhere (SSAFE) food fraud vulnerability assessment (FFVA) tool. The results indicate that fraud factors related to opportunities have an overall medium vulnerability, while those related to motivations and control measures have an overall medium-low vulnerability. In addition, there are significant differences in the perceived vulnerability of fraud factors across the supply chain. Moreover, retailers have overall higher fraud vulnerability in terms of opportunities and control measures than producers. The main reasons for the frequent occurrence of fraud in the baijiu industry are numerous technical opportunities, strong economic drivers, and insufficient control measures.
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Wu X, Shin S, Gondhalekar C, Patsekin V, Bae E, Robinson JP, Rajwa B. Rapid Food Authentication Using a Portable Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy System. Foods 2023; 12:foods12020402. [PMID: 36673494 PMCID: PMC9857504 DOI: 10.3390/foods12020402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is an atomic-emission spectroscopy technique that employs a focused laser beam to produce microplasma. Although LIBS was designed for applications in the field of materials science, it has lately been proposed as a method for the compositional analysis of agricultural goods. We deployed commercial handheld LIBS equipment to illustrate the performance of this promising optical technology in the context of food authentication, as the growing incidence of food fraud necessitates the development of novel portable methods for detection. We focused on regional agricultural commodities such as European Alpine-style cheeses, coffee, spices, balsamic vinegar, and vanilla extracts. Liquid examples, including seven balsamic vinegar products and six representatives of vanilla extract, were measured on a nitrocellulose membrane. No sample preparation was required for solid foods, which consisted of seven brands of coffee beans, sixteen varieties of Alpine-style cheeses, and eight different spices. The pre-processed and standardized LIBS spectra were used to train and test the elastic net-regularized multinomial classifier. The performance of the portable and benchtop LIBS systems was compared and described. The results indicate that field-deployable, portable LIBS devices provide a robust, accurate, and simple-to-use platform for agricultural product verification that requires minimal sample preparation, if any.
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- Xi Wu
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-765-496-1153
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Detection of cumin powder adulteration with allergenic nutshells using FT-IR and portable NIRS coupled with chemometrics. J Food Compost Anal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2022.105044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Yang Z, Zhou Q, Wu W, Zhang D, Mo L, Liu J, Yang X. Food fraud vulnerability assessment in the edible vegetable oil supply chain: A perspective of Chinese enterprises. Food Control 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lawrence S, Elliott C, Huisman W, Dean M, van Ruth S. The 11 sins of seafood: Assessing a decade of food fraud reports in the global supply chain. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2022; 21:3746-3769. [PMID: 35808861 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Due to complex, valuable, and often extremely opaque supply chains, seafood is a commodity that has experienced a high prevalence of food fraud throughout the entirety of its logistics network. Fraud detection and prevention require an in-depth understanding of food supply chains and their vulnerabilities and risks so that food business operators, regulators, and other stakeholders can implement practical countermeasures. An analysis of historical criminality within a sector, product, or country is an important component and has not yet been conducted for the seafood sector. This study examines reported seafood fraud incidents from the European Union's Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed, Decernis's Food Fraud Database, HorizonScan, and LexisNexis databases between January 01, 2010 and December 31, 2020. Illegal or unauthorized veterinary residues were found to be the most significant issue of concern, with most reports originating from farmed seafood in Vietnam, China, and India. For internationally traded goods, border inspections revealed a significant frequency of reports with fraudulent or insufficient documentation, indicating that deceptive practices are picked up at import or export but are occurring further down the supply chain. Practices such as species adulteration (excluding veterinary residues), species substitution, fishery substitution, catch method fraud, and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing were less prevalent in the databases than evidenced in the scientific literature. The analysis demonstrates significant differences in outcomes depending on source and underlines a requirement for a standardized and rigorous dataset through which food fraud can be scrutinized to ensure enforcement, as well as industry and research resources are directed accurately. Practical Application: Levels of historic food fraud in a product, sector, supply chain node or geographic location provide an indication of historic criminality, the methods used and the location of reported frauds. This study provides an overview of historic levels of seafood fraud that can be used to inform seafood fraud prevention and mitigation activities by the food industry, regulators and other stakeholders.
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- Sophie Lawrence
- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Faculty of Law, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 5DL, Northern Ireland, UK
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- Food Quality and Design Group, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 17, Wageningen, 6700 AA, The Netherlands
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Food fraud in insecure times: challenges and opportunities for reducing food fraud in Africa. Trends Food Sci Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2022.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Soon JM, Abdul Wahab IR. A Bayesian Approach to Predict Food Fraud Type and Point of Adulteration. Foods 2022; 11:foods11030328. [PMID: 35159479 PMCID: PMC8834205 DOI: 10.3390/foods11030328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Primary and secondary food processing had been identified as areas vulnerable to fraud. Besides the food processing area, other stages within the food supply chain are also vulnerable to fraud. This study aims to develop a Bayesian network (BN) model to predict food fraud type and point of adulteration i.e., the occurrence of fraudulent activity. The BN model was developed using GeNie Modeler (BayesFusion, LLC) based on 715 notifications (1979-2018) from Food Adulteration Incidents Registry (FAIR) database. Types of food fraud were linked to six explanatory variables such as food categories, year, adulterants (chemicals, ingredients, non-food, microbiological, physical, and others), reporting country, point of adulteration, and point of detection. The BN model was validated using 80 notifications from 2019 to determine the predictive accuracy of food fraud type and point of adulteration. Mislabelling (20.7%), artificial enhancement (17.2%), and substitution (16.4%) were the most commonly reported types of fraud. Beverages (21.4%), dairy (14.3%), and meat (14.0%) received the highest fraud notifications. Adulterants such as chemicals (21.7%) (e.g., formaldehyde, methanol, bleaching agent) and cheaper, expired or rotten ingredients (13.7%) were often used to adulterate food. Manufacturing (63.9%) was identified as the main point of adulteration followed by the retailer (13.4%) and distribution (9.9%).
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- Jan Mei Soon
- Faculty of Allied-Health and Wellbeing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK
- Correspondence:
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Soon JM. Food fraud countermeasures and consumers: A future agenda. FUTURE FOODS 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-91001-9.00027-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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van Asselt ED, Hoffmans Y, Hoek-van den Hil EF, van der Fels-Klerx HJ. Methods to perform risk-based inspections of food companies. J Food Sci 2021; 86:5078-5086. [PMID: 34796503 PMCID: PMC9298826 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.15978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Risk‐based monitoring programs are increasingly applied for cost‐effective monitoring of food safety. Such programs ideally consist of three steps: risk‐ranking, risk‐based inspections, and cost‐effective monitoring. Various methods have been described to perform the first step of risk‐based monitoring. However, once the risk‐ranking has been completed, identifying the hazard‐food combinations to monitor, the frequency of inspection needs to be established based on a prioritization of food business operators (FBOs). The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of methods available for risk‐based inspections. Literature shows that FBO's food safety compliance can be assessed based on company size, historical monitoring data, and socio‐economic factors influencing compliance behavior. Non‐compliance can either be intentional or unintentional. The latter can be assessed by evaluating the food safety culture of a company. Various models—ranging from qualitative (e.g., focus groups) to quantitative (e.g., scoring)—can be used for this purpose. These models usually include an evaluation of the organizational structure (e.g., management control, communication, commitment), the technical food safety environment (e.g., hygienic design, zoning), and employee characteristics (e.g., knowledge, risk awareness). Intentional non‐compliance can be assessed using food fraud vulnerability tools. These tools incorporate factors influencing the likelihood of food fraud at the company, that is, opportunity, motivation, and (lack of) control measures. The literature indicates that either self‐assessment tools or risk matrices are applied. There is no global consensus on the methods to apply for risk‐based inspections. Depending on time and budget available as well as preferred output, one of the presented methods may be applied for prioritizing FBOs.
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- E D van Asselt
- Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, Team Agrochains, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, Team Agrochains, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, Team Agrochains, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, Team Agrochains, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Manning L, Kowalska A. Considering Fraud Vulnerability Associated with Credence-Based Products Such as Organic Food. Foods 2021; 10:1879. [PMID: 34441656 PMCID: PMC8393577 DOI: 10.3390/foods10081879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Organic foods carry a premium price. They are credence-based foods, i.e., it is difficult for consumers to evaluate the premium aspects of organic food under normal use. In global supply chains, organic food is purchased on institutional trust (certification, logos, standards) rather than on relational trust. Relying on institutional trust makes consumers vulnerable to criminals who intentionally label conventional product as organic or develop sophisticated organized crime networks to defraud businesses and consumers. The aim of this research is to explore cases of organic fraud that are emergent from academic and gray literature searches to identify ways to strengthen future capabilities to counter illicit activities in a globalized food environment. Each case is considered in terms of perpetrator motivations (differentiated as economic, cultural, and behaviorally orientated drivers), the mode of operation (simple or organized), the guardians involved/absent, and the business and supply chain level vulnerabilities the cases highlight. The study finds that institutional trust is particularly vulnerable to fraud. Supply chain guardians need to recognize this vulnerability and implement effective controls to reduce the likelihood of occurrence. However, in some cases considered in the study, the guardians themselves were complicit in the illicit behavior, further increasing consumer vulnerability. Future research needs to consider how additional controls can be implemented, without increasing supply chain friction that will impact on food trade and supply, that can ensure consumers are purchasing what they believe they are paying for.
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- Louise Manning
- School of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road, Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 6JS, UK
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- Institute of Economics and Finance, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, pl. Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej 5, 20-031 Lublin, Poland;
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Charlebois S, Juhasz M, Music J, Vézeau J. A review of Canadian and international food safety systems: Issues and recommendations for the future. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2021; 20:5043-5066. [PMID: 34390310 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.12816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In January 2019, the Safe Food for Canadians Act/Safe Food for Canadians regulations (heretofore identified as SFCR) came into force across Canada and brought a more streamlined process to food safety practice in Canada. Food trade and production processes have evolved rapidly in recent decades, as Canada imports and exports food products; therefore it is critically important to remain aware of the latest advances responding to a range of challenges and opportunities in the food safety value chain. Looking through the optics of the recent SFCR framework, this paper places the spotlight on leading domestic and international research and practices to help strengthen food safety policies of the future. By shedding some light on new research, we also draw attention to international developments that are noteworthy, and place those in context as to how new Canadian food safety policy and regulation can be further advanced. The paper will benchmark Canada through a review study of food safety best practices by juxtaposing (i) stated aspirations with, (ii) actual performance in leading Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) jurisdictions.
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- Sylvain Charlebois
- Food Distribution and Policy, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Agri-food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Food Distribution and Policy, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Agri-food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Food Distribution and Policy, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Agri-food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Food Distribution and Policy, Faculty of Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Agri-food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Robson K, Dean M, Haughey SA, Elliott CT. The identification of beef crimes and the creation of a bespoke beef crimes risk assessment tool. Food Control 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Which Company Characteristics Make a Food Business at Risk for Food Fraud? Foods 2021; 10:foods10040842. [PMID: 33924386 PMCID: PMC8069500 DOI: 10.3390/foods10040842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Fraud can happen to any food business, but some sectors show more historical evidence of food fraud than others. This may be due to particular company characteristics that affect a company’s level of vulnerability. In the current study, we examined the relevance of the industry segment, business size, and location of food businesses on their food fraud vulnerabilities. Over 8000 food fraud vulnerability self-assessments conducted by food businesses active in 20 industry segments located in five continents were collected and the data analyzed. Results revealed that a company’s industry segment (chain and tier) affects its fraud vulnerability greatly and to a larger extent than the size of the business. The effect of industry segment on fraud vulnerability appears fairly similar across continents, whereas the effect of business size exhibits large geographical variation. The results demonstrate that those involved in animal product supply chains and end of chain nodes (catering, retail) are most vulnerable, and so are larger businesses, and businesses located in Africa and Asia. Current results imply that company characteristics are important determinants of the level of fraud vulnerability, and they may be used reversely in the future, i.e., as predictors of vulnerability.
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Robson K, Dean M, Haughey S, Elliott C. A comprehensive review of food fraud terminologies and food fraud mitigation guides. Food Control 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Impact assessment of the implementation of food defense plan in a Brazilian army military organization. Food Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Manning L, Birchmore I, Morris W. Swans and elephants: A typology to capture the challenges of food supply chain risk assessment. Trends Food Sci Technol 2020; 106:288-297. [PMID: 33071459 PMCID: PMC7554487 DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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As a result of internal or external shocks, food supply chains can transition between existing regimes of assembly and planned activity to situations that are unexpected or unknown. These events can occur without warning, causing stress, shift, even collapse, and impact on business/supply chain viability. Black elephants and black swans are of concern in food supply chains. Black swans can evolve to grey and white swans with appropriate risk mitigation. If supply chain controls become lax, white swans can revert to grey swans.
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- Louise Manning
- Royal Agricultural University, Stroud Road Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6JS, UK
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- Aberystwyth University, Hugh Owen Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DY, UK
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- Aberystwyth University, Hugh Owen Building, Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DY, UK
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Li Y, Zhang Y, Kang C, Zhao W, Li S, Wang S. Assessment of carbonic anhydrase 3 as a marker for meat authenticity and performance of LC-MS/MS for pork content. Food Chem 2020; 342:128240. [PMID: 33164820 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In recent years, food fraud is a global issue that has raised wide public concern. Mass spectrometry techniques have a significant advantage of qualitatively and quantitatively analyzing food authenticity, especially for highly processed meat products. In this work, a simple and specific, rapid resolution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method was developed and validated for the determination of pork content in processed meat products according to internal standard (ISTD) method. To improve the efficiency of sample preparation, simplified bead-beating and enzymolysis process were investigated. In contrast with different heat-stable and specific porcine-peptides, EPITVSSDQMAK, GGPLTAAYR, HDPSLLPWTASYDPGSAK from Carbonic anhydrase 3 proved to have an excellent quantitative ability, thus obtaining good linear relationship and satisfactory recovery. This method was successfully applied to different types of meat products, thus demonstrating that complex mixtures of pork content can be accurately quantified.
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- Yingying Li
- China Meat Research Center, 100068 Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, 100068 Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, 100068 Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, 100068 Beijing, China
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- China Meat Research Center, 100068 Beijing, China.
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Montgomery H, Haughey SA, Elliott CT. Recent food safety and fraud issues within the dairy supply chain (2015-2019). GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY 2020; 26:100447. [PMID: 33083214 PMCID: PMC7561604 DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Milk and milk products play a vital role in diets around the globe. Due to their nutritional benefits there has been an increase in production and consumption over the past thirty years. For this growth to continue the safety and authenticity of dairy products needs to be maintained which is a huge area of concern. Throughout the process, from farm to processor, different sources of contamination (biological, chemical or physical) may occur either accidently or intentionally. Through online resources (the EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) and HorizonScan) safety and fraud data were collected from the past five years relating to milk and milk products. Cheese notifications were most frequently reported for both safety alerts (pathogenic micro-organisms) and fraud incidences (fraudulent documentation). Alongside the significant number of biological contaminations identified, chemical, physical and inadequate controls (in particular; foreign bodies, allergens, industrial contaminants and mycotoxins) were also found. Although the number of incidents were significantly smaller, these contaminants can still pose a significant risk to human health depending on their toxicity and exposure. Grey literature provided a summary of contamination and fraud issues from around the globe and shows its potential to be used alongside database resources for a holistic overview. In ensuring the integrity of milk during ever changing global factors (climate change, competition between food and feed and global pandemics) it is vital that safety and authenticity issues are continually monitored by industry, researchers and governing bodies.
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- Holly Montgomery
- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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- Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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Campmajó G, Saez-Vigo R, Saurina J, Núñez O. High-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection fingerprinting combined with chemometrics for nut classification and the detection and quantitation of almond-based product adulterations. Food Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Guntzburger Y, Théolier J, Barrere V, Peignier I, Godefroy S, de Marcellis-Warin N. Food industry perceptions and actions towards food fraud: Insights from a pan-Canadian study. Food Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Barrere V, Everstine K, Théolier J, Godefroy S. Food fraud vulnerability assessment: Towards a global consensus on procedures to manage and mitigate food fraud. Trends Food Sci Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ulberth F. Tools to combat food fraud - A gap analysis. Food Chem 2020; 330:127044. [PMID: 32563930 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.127044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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A complex legal and institutional framework exists in the EU to ensure the safety of the feed-food chain, while such an integrated system for combating food fraud is under development. The European Commission (EC) Knowledge Centre for Food Fraud and Quality is charged with the provision of scientific insight for the policy making of EC services dealing with food fraud, and the creation of expert networks with the competent authorities of the EU Member States. To flag gaps in the existing infrastructure needed for effectively and efficiently fighting food fraud, the Centre together with the competent authorities and several EC services undertook a stocktaking exercise of what works well and which areas will need improvement. Out of several focus areas, (i) the development of early warning systems, (ii) the availability of compositional databases of vulnerable foods, and (iii) the creation of centres of competence were prioritised for further action.
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- Franz Ulberth
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Retieseweg 111, 2440 Geel, Belgium.
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Yan J, Erasmus SW, Aguilera Toro M, Huang H, van Ruth SM. Food fraud: Assessing fraud vulnerability in the extra virgin olive oil supply chain. Food Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.107081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kowalska A, Manning L. Using the rapid alert system for food and feed: potential benefits and problems on data interpretation. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr 2020; 61:906-919. [PMID: 32274931 DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1747978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), where competent authorities in each Member State (MS) submit notifications on the withdrawal of unsafe or illegal products from the market, makes a significant contribution to food safety control in the European Union. The aim of this paper is to frame the potential challenges of interpreting and then acting upon the dataset contained within the RASFF system. As it is largest cause of RASFF notifications, the lens of enquiry used is mycotoxin contamination. The methodological approach is to firstly iteratively review existing literature to frame the problem, and then to interrogate the RASFF system and analyze the data available. Findings are that caution should be exercised in using the RASFF database both as a predictive tool and for trend analysis, because iterative changes in food law impact on the frequency of regulatory sampling associated with border and inland regulatory checks. The study highlights the variability of engagement by MSs with the RASFF database, influencing generalisability of the trends noted. As importing countries raise market standards, there are wider food safety implications for the exporting countries themselves. As this is one of the first studies articulating the complexities and opportunities of using the RASFF database, this research makes a strong contribution to literature.
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester, UK
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Kowalska A, Bieniek M, Manning L. Food supplements’ non-conformity in Europe – Poland: A case study. Trends Food Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2019.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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