Catbird
Senior Moderator
Excerpt from press release by USP:
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Additions Increase Number of Records in USP Food Fraud Database by 60 Percent, Add Seafood, Clouding Agents and Lemon Juice as Foods Vulnerable to Fraud
Rockville, Md., January 23, 2013 ? Nearly 800 new records of ?food fraud? added to the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention?s (USP) Food Fraud Database present new information about foods that are vulnerable to fraudulent manipulation in today?s food supply. The first iteration of the database compiled 1,300 records of food fraud published between 1980 and 2010. The update increases the total number of records by 60 percent?and consists mostly of newer information published in 2011 and 2012 in both scholarly journals and general media.
Initial analyses of the database by USP food scientists was published in the April 5, 2012, Journal of Food Science. This research revealed that milk, vegetable oils and spices were among the top categories where food fraud occurred as documented in published reports. Analyses of new information by USP scientists show similar trends for 2011 and 2012, and add seafood (fish, shrimp), clouding agents and lemon juice as categories vulnerable to food fraud...".
"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Additions Increase Number of Records in USP Food Fraud Database by 60 Percent, Add Seafood, Clouding Agents and Lemon Juice as Foods Vulnerable to Fraud
Rockville, Md., January 23, 2013 ? Nearly 800 new records of ?food fraud? added to the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention?s (USP) Food Fraud Database present new information about foods that are vulnerable to fraudulent manipulation in today?s food supply. The first iteration of the database compiled 1,300 records of food fraud published between 1980 and 2010. The update increases the total number of records by 60 percent?and consists mostly of newer information published in 2011 and 2012 in both scholarly journals and general media.
Initial analyses of the database by USP food scientists was published in the April 5, 2012, Journal of Food Science. This research revealed that milk, vegetable oils and spices were among the top categories where food fraud occurred as documented in published reports. Analyses of new information by USP scientists show similar trends for 2011 and 2012, and add seafood (fish, shrimp), clouding agents and lemon juice as categories vulnerable to food fraud...".