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Food fraud of animal products detected at the market

Authors: Lucia Benešová and Martina Fikselová
Keywords: JRC, adulteration, fish, food, meat, milk, seafood

This paper contains an overview of food frauds from the Food Center for Food Fraud and Quality portal since 2017 to August 2019. It provides an information about specific cases which differ in the categories of fraud, food commodities and case reporting countries. Data analysis showed that in 2017 and 2018 years, the majority of … [Read more…]

Horse meat in beef products and adulteration of gadoid fish meat products in the Czech Republic

Authors: Veronika Kýrová, Vladimír Ostrý, Pavla Surmanová, Ivana Procházková, Irena Řehůřková, Jiří Ruprich and Marie Jechová
Keywords: PCR, adulteration, beef meat, food safety, fraud, gadoid fish meat, horse meat

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…]