9.7.2014 SPSFAM Meeting Book

AOAC International Stakeholder Panel on Strategic Food Analytical Methods: Proposal for Working Group on Meat Authenticity

Thierry DELATOUR

Nestlé Research Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland

Sept. 7, 2014

AOAC 128 th Annual Meeting & Exposition, Boca Raton, FL, Sept. 7‐10, 2014

Food Fraud? As Old as Trade and Business

Saffron adulterated with safflower or turmeric Pliny writes: ‘Nothing is adulterated as much as saffron’

Romans considered treatment of wine with smoke an effective way of making it seems old Pliny writes: ‘So many poisons are employed to force wine to suit our taste, and we are surprised it is not wholesome!’

Coffee adulterated with chicory, roasted wheat, rye and potato flour, roasted beans, acorns etc …

Bush J.F., 2002,  Food and Drug Law Journal , 57, 573‐602 Coley N., 2005, Education in Chemistry , March, 46‐49