Authenticity questionnaire - shaping analysis

A significant response to a recent authenticity questionnaire to industry is helping tailor the work of a project looking into technologies to protect the industry from food fraud.

Not surprisingly, due to the recent issues surrounding cumin and paprika adulteration, responders ranked herb and spice authenticity as an area for focus. Rapid spectroscopic techniques such as NIR and FTIR were the main technologies of interest. Guidance on origin testing using stable isotope ratio analysis and authentication using DNA techniques is already being progressed.

The questionnaire is still open and you can still respond until the end of May.

Contact: Steve Garrett
+44(0)1386 842175
stephen.garrett@campdenbri.co.uk