Stable isotope techniques for verifying the declared geographical origin of food in legal cases

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 176-187

  Camin, Federica ^a   Boner, Markus ^b   Bontempo, Luana ^a   Fauhl Hassek, Carsten ^c   Kelly, Simon D ^d   Riedl, Janet ^c   Rossmann, Andreas ^e  

^a RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Agroisolab GmbH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e ISOLAB GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food authenticity; Fraud; H, C, N, O, S and Sr; Legal cases; Mislabeling; PDO; PGI

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTICATION; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CONSUMER PROTECTION; CRIME; FRUIT JUICES; ISOTOPES; OILS AND FATS; OLIVE OIL; STRONTIUM;

COMPETENT AUTHORITIES; FOOD AUTHENTICITY; FORENSIC ACCOUNTINGS; FRAUD; LEGAL CASE; MISLABELING; REGULATORY AUTHORITIES; STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 85011342738     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2016.12.007     Document Type: Review

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