Food adulteration refers to the alteration of food quality that takes place deliberately. It
includes the addition of ingredients to modify different properties of food products for …

The increasing demand for food and the globalisation of the supply chain have resulted in a
rise in food fraud, and recent high profile cases, such as the Chinese milk scandal in 2008 …

Background Food fraud is the deliberate and intentional act of substituting, altering or
misrepresenting foodstuff for financial gain. Economical motivations for food fraud result in …

Due to constant integrity challenges, ambiguous definitions, and lack of specific guidance,
the food industry has been left vulnerable to food fraud. Food fraud is undefined by the EU …

Background Increasing consumer demands for more information about the food we eat, in
combination with a greater incidence of sophisticated food fraud cases, has resulted in the …

This review presents the application of spectroscopic methods combined with chemometric
techniques for the detection of adulterant in herbs and spices. As spectroscopic methods are …

Global demand for food has increased over the years owing to the growing world population
size. However, the growing demand has created an avenue for fraudsters to invade the food …

Rice is one of the most important cereals for human nutrition and is a basic staple food for
half of the global population. The assessment of rice geographical origins in terms of its …

Paprika powder is a widely consumed spice, making it an attractive target for adulteration,
which is not easily detected. In this study, a portable near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer was …

Food fraud in herbs and spices is an important topic, which has led to new technologies
being studied as potential tools for fraud identification. Nontargeted technologies have …