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