Honey is a highly consumed natural product, not only for its taste and nutritional value, but
also for its health benefits. Owing to characteristics that are essentially or exclusively related …

Background Quality control (QC) of nutraceuticals has always been a challenging task due
to their complex nature and wide sources of variability. As a green, fast, and nondestructive …

Identifying the floral composition of honey provides a method for investigating the plants that
honey bees visit. We compared melissopalynology, where pollen grains retrieved from …

Food fraud, being the act of intentional adulteration of food for financial advantage, has
vexed the consumers and the food industry throughout history. According to the European …

In recent years, the demand for natural herbal products (NHP) has increased; however, the
quality of these products is difficult to confirm due to the lack of a comprehensive quality …

Pharmacovigilance of herbal medicines relies on the product label information regarding the
ingredients and the adherence to good manufacturing practices along the commercialisation …

The authenticity of foodstuffs is an important issue for consumers, regulators, producers and
processors, as fraudulent practices can negatively affect consumer confidence and safety …

Ethnopharmacological relevance: The past couple of decades have witnessed the global
resurgence of medicinal plants in the field of herbal-based health care. Increased …

Food safety and traceability are nowadays a constant concern for consumers, and indeed for
all actors in the food chain, including those involved in the fruit and vegetable sector. For the …

Despite the increasing popularity of crustacean shellfish among consumers due to their rich
nutrients, they can induce a serious allergic response, sometimes even life-threatening. In …