Reports: Food Authenticity Scientific Evidence Base

This database gives links to research reports and other scientific evidence relating to the prevalence, prevention and detection of food fraud.  They encompass development and evaluation of test methods, literature reviews, analytical surveys, scientific opinions (best practices) and scientific evidence to underpin test methods (e.g. nitrogen factors in meat, principles of stable-isotope variation).

The reports are primarily from UK government funded research projects from 2001 to the present day.  They also include those from other internationally-recognised programmes such as the EU FoodIntegrity project.

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Verification of Meat from Traditional Cattle and Pig Breeds using SNP DNA Markers

This report describes the work undertaken during FSA project Q011030 that aimed to develop DNA methods for the verification …

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Evaluation of the Dissemination and Uptake of Authenticity Methods for Food Standards Enforcement

A suite of novel molecular biology (DNA) methods was developed to authenticate fish species, meat species (common, exotic …

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Food Authenticity Network 2023 Partner Projects: Open Data & Compendium of Food Authenticity Testing Techniques

This report summarises two projects delivered in 2023 by the Laboratory of the Government Chemist Ltd (LGC) through the Food …

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Developing a new testing methodology for honey authentication

The aim of this project was to investigate a) the suitability of Spatially offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS), a non-invasive …

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Review of current and emerging analytical methods for testing edible oil for authenticity

This project aimed to identify and review current and emerging methods to detect adulteration in edible oils, focusing on …

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Liquid chromatography targeted mass spectrometry method to determine the animal origin of gelatine - transfer to a high throughput, low cost platform with single lab evaluation

A robust method for routine determination of the species origin of gelatine in foods was developed using a proprietary database …

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Gelatine species determination, completion of method validation and determination of a quantitative method

Gelatine, derived from collagen in bone, hide, skin, or fish, is widely used in food, supplements, and pharmaceuticals as …

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Interlaboratory trial of a mass spectrometry method for meat species determination

This report describes an inter-laboratory trial of a qualitative liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method …

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Review of methods for the analysis of culinary herbs and spices for authenticity

This report reviews current analytical methods for verifying the authenticity of dried culinary herbs and spices, focusing …

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Guidance for Point of Contact technologies

This report examines the rapid development and growing use of Point of Contact (POC) analytical testing in the food sector. …

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