Food Fraud Detection Goes Mobile
Food Fraud Detection Goes Mobile - Do not miss this Scientific Session at the AOAC Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, 8-12 September 2019.
Organic Fraud in Spain – A Meta Data Analysis
Organic produce, available date support that they are an attractive target for fraudsters.
EFSA Developed Pesticide Data Visualization Tool
EFSA has released its latest pesticides report. Which products are in the focus? Which countries analyse the majority of samples, which countries found most samples above MRL?
Getting High on Milk?
Can one get 'high' by drinking milk produced by hemp-fed cattle? Most jurisdictions debate if hemp (Cannabis sativa) should be available for either medicinal and/or recreational purposes. But hemp has also a number of good things going for it in agriculture. How much THC can be expected in the milk of hemp-fed cows? Is it safe? What about infants drinking this milk?
High Levels of Arsenic in Famous Brands’ Bottled Water
According to some documents released under the freedom of information act show that US FDA knew for several years that some well-known bottled water brands have higher than permitted arsenic levels . Now two consumer watchdogs, Consumer Reports and Center for Environmental Health, have published data showing that arsenic levels are still high. Legal letters were sent to manufacturers for failing to comply with Prop 65. Read the full story and see the documents.
Can Healthy Smoothies Kill You?
One of the big trends in health foods are fruit juices and smoothies. a study published earlier this month, Lindsay Colin and his coworkers from Department of Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia concluded that “consumption of sugary beverages, including fruit juices, is associated with all-cause mortality”. Or in other words: it does not matter if you consume too much sugary soda pops or "healthy" smoothies and fruit juices. Both can mediate premature death.
100 Seconds Food News – May 16, 2019
100 Seconds Food News is a video format which brings you the essence of what is happening in the food business. See what's new today! Topics include: pesticide chlorpyrifos banned, glyphosate, FSA food allergen labelling plans, NIR device for olive oil and meat authenticity, AOAC Europe / NMKL Annual Meeting.
How Artificial Intelligence Can Unlock the Secrets of Sensory Testing
New AI tools allow the prediction of perceived flavor differences when trying a new product recipe. AI can help reduce the cost for sensory panels and organoleptic sessions and predict - provided sufficient data are available - what consumers perceive when a food manufacturers' recipe is changed. Changes can be adding or removing ingredients, or changing their amounts.
Summary Highlights from the Food Allergy Forum
The food allergy forum in Amsterdam had several highlights, including that some regulatory bodies think that in spite of more than a decade of data generation for to determining appropriate reference doses, there are still insufficient data to set thresholds for food allergen labeling. Also, enforcement agencies are continuously moving towards multi-allergen detection methods using XMAP and mass spectrometric approaches.
