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Informationen zum Autor Paul Brereton is Coordinator of Agri-food Research at The Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera), UK. Klappentext New analytical approaches for verifying the origin of food reviews new analytical methods in this area together with applications to key commodities. Zusammenfassung New analytical approaches for verifying the origin of food reviews new analytical methods in this area together with applications to key commodities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Introduction: Verifying the origin of food: an introduction; Food origin labelling legislation and standards. Part 2 Analytical methods: New approaches for verifying the geographical origin of foods; Development and application of geospatial models for verifying the geographical origin of food; New approaches for verifying food species and variety; Vibrational spectroscopy in studies of food origin; Chemometrics in studies of food origin. Part 3 Applications to food commodities: Using new analytical approaches to verify the origin of wine; Using new analytical approaches to verify the origin of fish; Using new analytical approaches to verify the origin of honey.
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Verifying the origin of food: an introduction
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction: the importance of food origin
1.2 Historical context
1.3 The impact of the Common Agricultural Policy
1.4 Food assurance
1.5 Analytical procedures for verifying authenticity
1.6 Future trends
1.7 Conclusion
Chapter 2: Food origin labelling legislation and standards
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 International legislation and standards
2.3 European Union (Community) legislation and standards
2.4 European Community (EC) agricultural marketing standards
2.5 Organic standards and protected descriptions of geographic origin
2.6 Legislation and standards in other parts of the world
2.7 Conclusion and future trends
2.8 Sources of further information and advice
Part II: Analytical methods
Chapter 3: New approaches for verifying the geographical origin of foods
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction: the commercial importance of the geographical origin of foods
3.2 Stable isotope approaches for verifying the origin of foods
3.3 Stable isotope analysis of heavy ('geo') elements
3.4 Trace element approaches for verifying the origin of foods
3.5 Alternative new methods for verifying the origin of foods
3.6 Conclusion and future trends
3.7 Sources of further information and advice
Chapter 4: Development and application of geospatial models for verifying the geographical origin of food
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Conceptual framework and requirements
4.3 Geospatial modelling
4.4 Inference on geospatial models
4.5 Conclusion and future trends
Chapter 5: New approaches for verifying food species and variety
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction: the commercial importance of food species and varieties
5.2 DNA-based methods for verifying food species and variety
5.3 DNA extraction from food samples
5.4 Developments in DNA-based methods
5.5 Conclusion
Chapter 6: Vibrational spectroscopy in studies of food origin
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Types of vibrational spectroscopy
6.3 Use of infrared (IR) spectroscopy in food authentication
6.4 Applications
6.5 Future trends
6.6 Conclusions
Chapter 7: Chemometrics in studies of food origin
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Samples and data
7.3 The modeling step
7.4 Conversion of verification and classification models into specifications
7.5 Recent and future trends
7.6 Conclusion
7.7 Further reading
7.8 Acknowledgement
Part III: Applications to food commodities
Chapter 8: Using new analytical approaches to verify the origin of wine
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Wine authentication using wine tasting and standard analytical methods
8.3 Determining the geographical origin of wine
8.4 Verifying compliance with specific regulations
8.5 Contaminants
8.6 Wine dating
8.7 Analysis of packaging to identify counterfeit wines
8.8 Future trends
8.9 Conclusion
Chapter 9: Using new analytical approaches to verify the origin of fish
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction: the commercial importance of fish and fish product origin
9.2 Legal standards for fish origin and problems of counterfeiting
9.3 Applications of new analytical approaches to verify fish origin
9.4 The need for capacity building
9.5 Conclusion and future trends
9.6 Acknowledgements
9.7 Sources of further information and advice
Chapter 10: Using new analytical approaches to verify the origin of ho
