Food Forensics

The food market nowadays accounts for huge incomes and therefore it is an easy target for falsification. Food forensics implies the possibility to verify whether a foodstuff be authentic or not. ^[1] It is useful at this stage to define some terms which will be used in the following. In particular, the difference among authentication and traceability must be pointed out. ^[2] Authentication is a procedure useful to verify the features declared by a product label and to reveal if a product has been adulterated or counterfeit. Food Forensics will forever change your view of food safety, food regulators and food manufacturers. Once you know what's really in your food, you can start making changes in your own food choice that can help prevent serious disease (like cancer), eliminate food chemicals that cause diabetes, and even activate your body's natural immune defenses against infections and pandemics. ^[3]

As an analytical testing company with extensive experience in food forensics services, Alfa Chemistry possesses a wide range of techniques (i.e., isotopic analysis, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), hyphenated systems, stand-alone systems) that allow to address various analytical questions pertaining to food authentication and traceability. We are your one-stop-shop laboratory providing credible food forensics services.

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References

• M. Aceto. (2015). "Food Forensics." Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, 68, 441-514.

• Aceto, M., M. Baldizzone, and M. Oddone. (2009) "Keeping the track of quality: Authentication and traceability studies on wine." Nova Science Publishers: New York, NY, USA, 429-466.

• http://foodforensics.com/