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1. The 11 sins of seafood: Assessing a decade of food fraud reports in the global supply chain

Author:
Sophie Lawrence; Christopher Elliott; Wim Huisman; Moira Dean; Saskia van Ruth
Source:
Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety 2022 v.21 no.4 pp. 3746-3769
ISSN:
1541-4337
Subject:
European Union; adulterated products; data collection; databases; exports; fisheries; food availability; food fraud; food industry; food safety; imports; seafoods; stakeholders; supply chain; China; India; Vietnam
Abstract:
... Due to complex, valuable, and often extremely opaque supply chains, seafood is a commodity that has experienced a high prevalence of food fraud throughout the entirety of its logistics network. Fraud detection and prevention require an in‐depth understanding of food supply chains and their vulnerabilities and risks so that food business operators, regulators, and other stakeholders can implement p ...
DOI:
10.1111/1541-4337.12998

2. Adulteration detection of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau flaxseed oil using HPLC-ELSD profiling of triacylglycerols and chemometrics

Author:
Jinying Wang; Yuze Han; Xingrui Wang; Yingxia Li; Shuzhen Wang; Shengrui Gan; Guoxin Dong; Xia Chen; Shulin Wang
Source:
Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft + Technologie 2022 v.160 pp. 113300
ISSN:
0023-6438
Subject:
adulterated products; carbon; chemometrics; corn; discriminant analysis; linseed oil; peanuts; principal component analysis; rapeseed; soybeans; sunflower oil; sunflower seed; triacylglycerols; vegetables; China
Abstract:
... The purpose of this study was to develop a hierarchical approach by combining similarity evaluation (SE), discriminant analysis (DA) and principal component analysis (PCA) to detect the adulteration of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau flaxseed oil using triacylglycerol (TAG) profiles with HPLC-ELSD. SE could effectively differentiate pure flaxseed oil from non-flaxseed oil when the adulteration concentration ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113300

3. Adulteration detection of essence in sesame oil based on headspace gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry

Author:
Xinjing Dou; Liangxiao Zhang; Ruinan Yang; Xiao Wang; Li Yu; Xiaofeng Yue; Fei Ma; Jin Mao; Xiupin Wang; Peiwu Li
Source:
Food chemistry 2022 v.370 pp. 131373
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
adulterated products; chemometrics; cooking fats and oils; discriminant analysis; food chemistry; headspace analysis; prices; principal component analysis; sesame oil; spectroscopy; China; South East Asia
Abstract:
... Sesame oil is a traditional and delicious edible oil in China and Southeast Asia with a high price. However, sesame oil essence was often illegally added to cheaper edible oils to counterfeit sesame oil. In this study, a rapid and accurate headspace gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry (HS-GC-IMS) method was proposed to detect the counterfeit sesame oil where the other cheap oils were adul ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131373

4. Chrysanthemum species used as food and medicine: Understanding quality differences on the global market

Author:
Jingyi Gu; Francesca Scotti; Eike Reich; Rainer Kirchhof; Anthony Booker; Michael Heinrich
Source:
South African journal of botany 2022 v.148 pp. 123-134
ISSN:
0254-6299
Subject:
adulterated products; cadmium; cultivars; drugs; heavy metals; medicine; product quality; quality control; soil composition; spectroscopy; thin layer chromatography; variance; world markets; China; Europe
Abstract:
... Chrysanthemum flowers [Ch. x morifolium (Ramat.) Hemsl. and Ch. indicum L.] are a globally used and pharmacologically interesting botanical drug, however, with variable product quality. We aim at understanding the chemical variability of primary material available commercially based on different origins and associated quality problems like contamination with heavy metals. This needs to be assessed ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.sajb.2022.04.009

5. Comprehensive investigation of psicose in Chinese honeys and the assessment of its potential as a new marker for honey adulteration detection

Author:
Qian Xie; Xuezhe Huang; Xinxin Ji; Guangqun Jia; Yaxin Sang; Zongyan Cui; Jinjie Zhang
Source:
Journal of food composition and analysis 2022 v.108 pp. 104444
ISSN:
0889-1575
Subject:
Ziziphus; adulterated products; food composition; high performance liquid chromatography; honey; psicose; syrups; China
Abstract:
... The content of psicose in 454 honey samples and 58 syrup samples collected from China was determined by a high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to evaporative light scattering detection (HPLC-ELSD) method. Psicose was not detected in any honey samples except for some Jujube honeys, and psicose was detected in 23 of 53 of Jujube honeys, with an average content of 0.21 g/100 g. The detectio ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfca.2022.104444

6. Elementomics combined with dd-SIMCA and K-NN to identify the geographical origin of rice samples from China, India, and Vietnam

Author:
Brian Quinn; Philip McCarron; Yunhe Hong; Nicholas Birse; Di Wu; Christopher T Elliott; Ratnasekhar Ch
Source:
Food chemistry 2022 v.386 pp. 132738
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
COVID-19 infection; adulterated products; food chemistry; food fraud; food industry; models; provenance; rice; risk; supply balance; China; India; Vietnam
Abstract:
... The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the food industry and consumers, with production gaps, shipping delays, and changes in supply and demand leading to an increased risk of food fraud. Rice has a high probability for adulteration by food fraudsters, being a staple commodity for more than half the global population, making the assessment of geographical origins of rice for authenticity important in ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.132738

7. One belt one road influence on perishable food supply chain robustness

Author:
Hasnain Abbas; Lindu Zhao; Narmeen Faiz; Hafeez Ullah; Jianxia Gong; Weiying Jiang
Source:
Environment, development and sustainability 2022 v.24 no.7 pp. 9447-9463
ISSN:
1387-585X
Subject:
adulterated products; environment; food safety; food supply chain; fraud; perishable foods; risk; spoilage; traceability; China
Abstract:
... The food supply chain is very complicated as compared to other supply chain networks. Adulteration and fraud are common in the food supply chain. "World food safety is at risk, and consumers are worried about vulnerability, contamination, and fraud activities." Moreover, time delay increases the detritions and spoilage conditions in perishable foods. Consumers want timely delivery of foods with ma ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10668-021-01833-y

8. Rapid authentication of Chinese oolong teas using atmospheric solids analysis probe-mass spectrometry (ASAP-MS) combined with supervised pattern recognition models

Author:
Hui Ru Tan; Li Yan Chan; Huei Hong Lee; Yong-Quan Xu; Weibiao Zhou
Source:
Food control 2022 v.134 pp. 108736
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
European Union; adulterated products; discriminant analysis; food safety; mass spectrometry; models; oolong tea; product authenticity; protected designation of origin; traceability; China; Taiwan
Abstract:
... Ambient mass spectrometry (AMS) is an emerging technique in food authenticity and traceability study due to the minimal sample preparation required and short analysis time. Herein, a non-targeted fingerprinting approach using an AMS technique, atmospheric solids analysis probe – mass spectrometry (ASAP-MS), was used to authenticate Chinese oolong teas. In the first part of the study, a total of 38 ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108736

9. Species-Specific Gene, spt5, in the Qualitative and Quantitative Detection of Boletus reticulatus

Author:
Zhan Lei; Chen Zhang; Yinjiao Li; Lunzhao Yi; Ying Shang
Source:
Journal of food quality 2022 v.2022 pp. -
ISSN:
1745-4557
Subject:
DNA; Hexagonia tenuis; adulterated products; detection limit; genes; nutritive value; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; sequence alignment; China
Abstract:
... Boletus reticulatus is a wild edible fungus with high nutritional value in Yunnan Province. In this study, B. reticulatus was used as the research object to diagnose the species characteristics. A commercial kit was used to extract the DNA of various fungi, and the quality of DNA was determined by using universal fungus primers. Through sequence alignment, the spt5 gene was selected as the species ...
DOI:
10.1155/2022/5526810

10. 1H NMR-based metabolic profiling approach to identify the geo-authentic Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow cv. Tiegun)

Author:
Qiang Wang; Xiaohui Wang; Xujin Wu; Yanli Wang; Yuli Zhang; Yaling Jiang; Chaonan Zhang; Xiaowan Huang; Li An; Huan Ma; Kaihong Xu
Source:
Journal of food composition and analysis 2021 v.98 pp. 103805
ISSN:
0889-1575
Subject:
Dioscorea polystachya; Oriental traditional medicine; adulterated products; arginine; aspartic acid; choline; citrates; color; food composition; fructose; functional foods; glucose; glutamic acid; industry; leucine; metabolites; metabolomics; sucrose; tetrazolium; threonine; China
Abstract:
... Chinese Yams (Dioscorea polystachya Turczaninow) are mainly used as functional food and traditional Chinese medicine in China. Adulteration is a major problem in the food and herbal industry and has affected the commercial use of natural products. Here, a ¹H NMR-based metabolomics approach was used for the identification of the distinguishing metabolites between geo-authentic Chinese yam (D. polys ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jfca.2021.103805

11. Alkylamide Profiling of Pericarps Coupled with Chemometric Analysis to Distinguish Prickly Ash Pericarps

Author:
Yao Ma; Lu Tian; Xiaona Wang; Chen Huang; Mingjing Tian; Anzhi Wei
Source:
Foods 2021 v.10 no.4 pp. -
ISSN:
2304-8158
Subject:
Zanthoxylum armatum; adulterated products; aluminum; chemometrics; cultivars; fraud; longitude; pericarp; ultra-performance liquid chromatography; China
Abstract:
... Because of extensive cultivation areas, various cultivars, nonstandard naming notations, and morphology similarity among relative cultivars, adulteration and associated business fraud may happen in the marketplaces of prickly ash pericarps due to higher financial gain and high-frequency trading. This study presents variations in the chemical components and contents of different prickly ash species ...
DOI:
10.3390/foods10040866

12. Authentication of acacia honey using fluorescence spectroscopy

Author:
Shengyu Hao; Junya Li; Xinying Liu; Jie Yuan; Wenqin Yuan; Yue Tian; Hongzhuan Xuan
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108327
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Acacia; Robinia pseudoacacia; adulterated products; fluorescence; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; food safety; honey; wavelengths; China
Abstract:
... The potential of multiple fluorescence spectroscopy detection methods for the authentication of Robinia pseudoacacia L. honey (acacia honey) was evaluated. Fluorescence intensity (excitation wavelength: 280 nm), three-dimensional fluorescence spectra (excitation wavelengths: 200–460 nm; emission wavelengths: 260–560 nm), and fluorescence lifetime were recorded respectively to distinguish acacia ho ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108327

13. Detection of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau flaxseed oil adulteration based on fatty acid profiles and chemometrics

Author:
Xingrui Wang; Yuze Han; Yingxia Li; Shuzhen Wang; Jinying Wang
Source:
Food control 2021 v.130 pp. 108332
ISSN:
0956-7135
Subject:
Carthamus tinctorius; Helianthus annuus; adulterants; adulterated products; chemometrics; corn; corn oil; discriminant analysis; fatty acid composition; food safety; heat; ingredients; lignans; linolenic acid; linseed oil; mucilages; p-coumaric acid; peanuts; principal component analysis; rapeseed; rapeseed oil; sesame oil; soybeans; vegetable oil; China
Abstract:
... Flaxseed oil is an important ingredient in functional foods, as it is rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, phenolic compounds (lignans, ferulic and p-coumaric acid), and mucilage. Therefore, economically motivated flaxseed oil adulteration is a common occurrence. Developing effective approaches to detecting such adulteration is essential to preserve flaxseed oil quality and safety. Herein, similar ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108332

14. Development and application of DNA markers to detect adulteration with Scopolia japonica in the medicinal herb Atractylodes lancea

Author:
Su Hong Oh; Yea Dam Kim; Cheol Seong Jang
Source:
Food science and biotechnology 2022 v.31 no.1 pp. 89-100
ISSN:
1226-7708
Subject:
Atractylodes lancea; DNA; Scopolia japonica; adulterated products; biotechnology; food safety; health services; medicinal plants; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; China; Korean Peninsula
Abstract:
... Atractylodes lancea rhizomes are commonly consumed in east Asia as traditional medical herbs. However, in Korea, because of their morphological similarity, A. lancea rhizomes can be contaminated with those of Scopolia japonica imported from China. To detect adulteration with S. japonica in the complex products of A. lancea, we developed two PCR-based DNA markers, multiplex PCR and quantitative rea ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10068-021-01008-5

15. Discrimination of geographical origin and species of China's cattle bones based on multi-element analyses by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Author:
Hongru Zhang; Wenyuan Liu; Qingshan Shen; Laiyu Zhao; Chunhui Zhang; Aurore Richel
Source:
Food chemistry 2021 v.356 pp. 129619
ISSN:
0308-8146
Subject:
accuracy; adulterated products; atomic absorption spectrometry; cattle; cluster analysis; discriminant analysis; food chemistry; information; markets; multivariate analysis; provenance; reliability; China
Abstract:
... Consumers have an increasing concern in the provenance of the foods they consume. Methods for discriminating geographical origins and species of cattle bone product are essential to provide veracious information for consumers and avoid the adulteration and inferior problems. In this study, 50 element contents of a total of 143 cattle bone samples from eight producing regions in China, were determi ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.129619

16. Establishment of a food fraud database and analysis of fraud information based on network data in China

Author:
Heli Li; Yaqing Cheng; Jiyang Luo; Li Li; Yongning Wu
Source:
Journal für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 2022 v.17 no.2 pp. 177-181
ISSN:
1661-5751
Subject:
adulterated products; databases; food fraud; meat; China
Abstract:
... We collected Chinese food fraud events from 2001 to 2019, and initially established a database of 454 data sets based on China's national conditions. This database supplements the gaps in the internationally established economically motivated adulteration (EMA) database. Statistical results showed that the data reported by the media accounted for 71.6% of the total amount of food fraud information ...
DOI:
10.1007/s00003-021-01361-x

17. Fatty Acid Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios Combined with Oxidation Kinetics for Characterization and Authentication of Walnut Oils

Author:
Limin Zhang; Shimin Wu; Xinyu Jin
Source:
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2021 v.69 no.23 pp. 6701-6709
ISSN:
1520-5118
Subject:
adulterated products; chemometrics; crystallization; food chemistry; gas chromatography; kinetics; mass spectrometry; oleic acid; oxidation; prices; principal component analysis; stable isotopes; temperature; vegetable oil; walnut oil; walnuts; China
Abstract:
... Walnut oil is vulnerable to oxidation due to its high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids and adulteration due to its high price. This study investigated 12 typical walnut oils from six main walnut-producing areas in China, using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), Rancimat test, gas chromatography (GC), elemental analyzer–isotope ratio mass spectrometry (EA–IRMS) and GC–IRMS combined with ...
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jafc.1c01843

18. Food safety inspection and the adoption of traceability in aquatic wholesale markets: A game-theoretic model and empirical evidence

Author:
Cang-yu JIN; Retsef LEVI; Qiao LIANG; Nicholas RENEGAR; Jie-hong ZHOU
Source:
Journal of integrative agriculture 2021 v.20 no.10 pp. 2807-2819
ISSN:
2095-3119
Subject:
adulterated products; agriculture; empirical research; food safety; models; ownership; risk; supply chain; surveys; traceability; wholesale marketing; China
Abstract:
... Supply chain traceability is key to reduce food safety risks, since it allows problems to be traced to their sources. Moreover, it allows regulatory agencies to understand where risk is introduced into the supply chain, and offers a major disincentive for upstream agricultural businesses engaging in economically motivated adulteration. This paper focuses on the aquatic supply chain in China, and s ...
DOI:
10.1016/S2095-3119(21)63624-9

19. HPLC-UV/HRMS methods for the unambiguous detection of adulterations of Ginkgo biloba leaves with Sophora japonica fruits on an extract level

Author:
Evangelia Bampali; Stefan Germer; Rudolf Bauer; Žarko Kulić
Source:
Pharmaceutical biology 2021 v.59 no.1 pp. 436-441
ISSN:
1744-5116
Subject:
Ginkgo biloba; Styphnolobium japonicum; adulterated products; apigenin; fruits; genistein; glycosides; high performance liquid chromatography; hydrolysis; leaf extracts; leaves; molecular weight; China; France
Abstract:
... Ginkgo biloba L. (Ginkgoaceae) leaf extract is one of the most frequently sold herbal extracts. There have been reports on poor quality and adulteration of ginkgo leaf extracts or the powdered plant material with extracts or powder of Styphnolobium japonicum (L.) Schott (Fabaceae) (syn. Sophora japonica L.) fruits, which is rich in flavone glycosides. The study investigates whether ginkgo leaves g ...
DOI:
10.1080/13880209.2021.1910717

20. Herbal products containing aristolochic acids: A call to revisit the context of safety

Author:
Li Pei Ang; Pit Wei Ng; Yen Loong Lean; Vijay Kotra; Nurolaini Kifli; Hui Poh Goh; Kah Seng Lee; Md. Moklesur R. Sarker; Yaser Mohammed Al-Worafi; Long Chiau Ming
Source:
Journal of herbal medicine 2021 v.28 pp. 100447
ISSN:
2210-8033
Subject:
Aristolochia; Japan; adulterated products; coronary vessels; eczema; gout; hepatitis; herbal medicines; law enforcement; pneumonia; renal failure; snake bites; stroke; therapeutics; toxicity; urinary tract; China; Europe; North America; South East Asia; South Korea
Abstract:
... Herbal products are used globally for their perceived health benefits, and as a complement to alternative therapy to Western medicines. Herbal products can be beneficial, although they can also be harmful in several circumstances. Aristolochic acids (AA) are a compound that is abundant in Aristolochia plants. Previous studies have reported that AAs exert several therapeutic effects and have been c ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.hermed.2021.100447