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Guarding against Food Fraud: EU and US Infrastructure and
Systems, and How Non-Targeted Methods Can Help Bolster Both
The cost of food fraud to the international food industry is not just
measured by the several billion dollars estimated to cost every year,
but also in the negative impact on public confidence in food producers
and regulators, and the risk of serious public health consequences.
Two different aspects of the international fight against food fraud are
presented: At the infrastructure and regulatory level, we discuss the
EU and US frameworks, systems and selected food fraud initiatives; at
the analytical level, we discuss one of the newer tools to combat food
fraud — Non-targeted adulteration detection methods. Dr. Ulberth will
present an overview of the EU framework and infrastructure, and Dr.
Xie will give the US perspective. We will give an insight to some of the
tools used to counter food fraud: some already in place, and others still
under development. One focal point will be the standardization and
application of non-targeted methods to detect and deter adulteration
in food ingredients. These methods have gained interest due to
their potential to detect new and unexpected adulterants that may
enter supply chains. A multinational collaborative team led by a US
Pharmacopeia expert panel has developed guidance for the development
and validation of non-targeted methods.
This guidance will be introduced to the AOAC community, and the
need for a standardized approach such as this will be supported by
two international food processors, food producers including Fonterra,
presenting an industry perspective and discussing their own non-
targeted solutions and the challenges they have faced.
CO-CHAIR:
Kenny Xie,
United States Pharmacopeia
CO-CHAIR:
Franz Ulberth,
European Commission – Joint Research Centre
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Franz Ulberth,
European Commission – Joint Research Centre
European Perspective: Overview of Systems and Infrastructure in EU
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Kenny Xie,
U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)
US Perspective: Overview of Information and Analytical Systems in
US, and Introduction to Non-Targeted Methods
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Steve Holroyd,
Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd.
Industry Perspectives on NT Methods: Fonterra
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Kenny Xie,
U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)
Industry Perspectives on NT Methods
Protein Nutrition and Quality Assessment: Global Perspective
Protein is one of the major macronutrients in our diet, and is essential
for human health and growth. Protein demand has grown rapidly in
last decade and trend expected to continue worldwide in future not
only because of expected increase in population but also due to a wider
recognition of a need of higher quality protein from a variety of sources
in a healthy diet. The commercial availability of high protein products
including beverages based on balanced high quality protein sources
is increasing lately to meet the consumer demands. Environmental &
sustainability perspectives are pleading to bring down animal/plant
protein ratio further in our diet to save our planet. It is important to
correctly evaluate the quality of our current and future protein sources
to provide good quality protein in our diets. Test methods like PDCAAS,
DIAAS and others are available to map the protein quality. In this
session, the speakers will discuss various aspects of methods for
assessing protein quality of foods including protein and amino acid
digestibility, amino acid requirement patterns and their applications in
nutrition labeling.
CO-CHAIR:
Clyde Don,
CDC FoodPhysica
CO-CHAIR:
Sneh Bhandari,
Mérieux NutriSciences Corporation
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Clyde Don,
CDC FoodPhysica
Protein Nutrition and Sources: A Global Perspective
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David Plank,
Medallion Laboratories/General Mills
Factors Impacting Protein Quality and a New Way for Measuring
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Sneh Bhandari,
Mérieux NutriSciences — Silliker
Protein Quality Evaluation in Protein Enhanced Formulations and
Nutrition Labeling
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Paul Moughan,
Riddet Institute
Advances in Protein Quality Research for Sustainable Implementation
of a Superior Protein Rating System
Hot Topics in Metal Analysis
This session will focus on atomic spectroscopic methods in the food
industry. There will be 4 speakers, each speaking on a different topical
issue in elemental analysis in the food industry. The four speakers cover
a wide range of backgrounds and are from different organizations.
There will be representatives from government, industry, and academia
presenting. Highlighted topics to be covered are toxic metals in food and
beverages, and speciation analysis, all in diverse food matrices.
CO-CHAIR:
Jenny Nelson,
Agilent Technologies
CO-CHAIR:
Cory Murphy,
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Patrick Gray,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Trace Elements in Foods by Microwave Digestion ICP-MS: Results
from an Interlaboratory Study
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Ben Wozniak,
Brooks Rand Labs
Intercomparison of Extraction and Analytical Techniques for Inorganic
Arsenic in Seaweed
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Kevin Kubachka,
Forensic Chemistry Center
Application of Elemental Speciation to FDA Regulated Products
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Jenny Nelson,
Agilent Technologies
As Speciation in Wine and Distilled Spirits