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The Fight Against Food Fraud

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MICHAEL D. WHEELER, MANAGING EDITOR, [email protected]

Cases of food fraud — some of which cause serious illness and death — are a global issue. Forty-seven people died in 2012 in the Czech Republic after drinking spirits spiked with methanol. Tens of thousands of infants were hospitalized and six died in China after it was discovered that melamine had been added to baby formula to boost its protein content. Sophisticated laboratory methods can detect contaminated food, but they can only go so far. Handheld spectrometers may turn out to be the best weapon in the fight. Be sure to read Richard Crocombe and Ellen Miseo’s...Read full article

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