Food fraud of meat species is becoming a widespread problem. Statistics show that food fraud of meat is on the rise. This study focuses on the possible authenticity of horse meat and gadoid fish using the polymerase chain reaction. The presence of horse meat was determined in 7 samples of beef meat products (9.2%). Analysis … [Read more…]
Climate change has already been seen to have had an impact on the safety of food of plant and animal origin in Europe. Intensive monitoring has recently been performed on the effects of climate change and global warming on the occurrence and distribution of toxigenic microfungi (moulds), producers of aflatoxins (e.g. Aspergillus flavus), ochratoxin A … [Read more…]
Lead (Pb) is commonly found in food and is characterised as a contaminant. Although the concentration of Pb in the environment has been significantly reduced as a consequence of the elimination of leaded petrol and the adoption of other measures in recent decades, contamination with lead ammunition still remains an unregulated source of Pb in … [Read more…]