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More than a hundred people from local authorities, consumer organisations, industry and the media, as well as public analysts, attended an Agency seminar last week on food authenticity and the analytical tools that can detect fraud.
The seminar discussed on the development and use of state-of-the-art methods to uncover where there is deliberate misdescription for financial gain in the UK and Europe. It looked at existing and developing methods to combat food fraud, as well as giving participants the opportunity to share experiences and raise potential issues of fraud in industry.
The methods discussed were developed as part of the Agency’s authenticity programme, which investigates many aspects of misdescription.
The Agency received positive feedback from the delegates on the wide range of topics covered during the event, the innovative use of science to detect food fraud and the methods developed using chemical, biochemical and DNA markers to detect adulteration and misdescription of foods.
The presentations given at the seminar can be found at the links below.
Back to topThe authenticity programme is the name for Agency-funded food authenticity research and surveillance programmes.
The FSA aims to ensure consumers have clear and accurate information so that they can make informed choices about their diets and the food they buy. The research and surveillance programmes work to ensure that the labelling and description of foods are accurate and not misleading.
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For further information about the seminar and the authenticity programme, please contact:
Lucy Sharp
tel: 020 7276 8406
email:
lucy.sharp@foodstandards.gsi.gov.uk
Check out Agency Chief Scientist Dr Andrew Wadge's blog posting on the seminar at (External)
food.gov.uk/scienceblog
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(pdf 1MB) Detecting species of origin of milk used in production of mozzarella cheese Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 289KB) Detecting the substitution of organic crops with conventional produce Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 1MB) FSA work to tackle food fraud Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 150KB) Future developments in the Authenticity Programme Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 313KB) Methods to combat food fraud: a German perspective Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 865KB) Profiling tools to check authenticity and prevent fraud Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 889KB) Public Analysts' role in preventing food fraud Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 748KB) The proteomic detection of offal in meat products Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 999KB) Use of a specification approach for determining geographical origin Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
(pdf 446KB) Using metabolomics and proteomics to prevent fraud Presentation given at Combating food fraud seminar on 11 February 2008Download pdf
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