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Researchers Publish First Public Database On Food Fraud
Researchers Publish First Public Database On Food
Fraud
This is important to understand if you didn't realize the amount of fraud that happens in the food industry on unsuspecting consumers you may blissfully thinking your eating real food.
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In new research published in the April Journal of Food Science,
analyses of the first known public database compiling reports on food fraud and
economically motivated adulteration in food highlight the most fraud-prone
ingredients in the food supply; analytical detection methods; and the type of
fraud reported. Based on a review of records from scholarly journals, the top
seven adulterated ingredients in the database are olive oil, milk, honey,
saffron, orange juice, coffee, and apple juice.
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