The use of stable carbon isotopes to authenticate claims that poultry have been corn-fed

Food Chemistry

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 927-932

  Rhodes, Christopher N ^a   Lofthouse, Janice H ^a   Hird, Simon ^a   Rose, Paul ^b   Reece, Paul ^a   Christy, Julie ^a   Macarthur, Roy ^a   Brereton, Paul A ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Authentication; Carbon; Corn fed; Maize; Poultry; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BODY FAT; CHICKEN; CORN; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FORGERY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OAT; POULTRY; PROTEIN CONTENT; RYE; WHEAT;

AVENA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; HORDEUM; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349292928     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.05.113     Document Type: Article

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