coffee - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-28T19:27:56Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/coffeeFood Fraud Quick Bites: A Look at the Latest Targetshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/food-fraud-quick-bites-a-look-at-the-latest-targets2018-09-05T08:00:00.000Z2018-09-05T08:00:00.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>Recent food fraud news includes the seizure of a million bags of fraudulently labeled and expired rice in Kenya, fraudulent spices found in a warehouse in India, and a U.S. grocery store chain sued for selling manuka honey that wasn’t 100% manuka. In Spain, tuna intended for canning was dyed and diverted to be sold as fresh and in China, 8,000 bottles of counterfeit wine were seized by the local food and drug administration. In Greece, 17 teenagers became ill after drinking alcoholic beverages containing methanol. Recently published journal articles on detection methods have looked at adulteration of honey with sugar syrups, meat adulteration with other species, authentication of products containing truffles, and Arabica coffee authenticity. One group of researchers evaluated a method to authenticate the botanical and geographic origin of hops.</p>
<p><a href="http://foodsafetytech.com/column/food-fraud-quick-bites-a-look-at-the-latest-targets/" target="_blank">Continue Reading</a></p></div>New coffee testing method to deter fraudstershttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/new-coffee-testing-method-to-deter-fraudsters2018-05-16T13:43:47.000Z2018-05-16T13:43:47.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>A new method of detecting Arabica coffee that has been tainted by lower-quality Robusta beans has been developed by food science training centre The Quadram Institute.</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Article/2018/05/16/New-system-developed-to-prevent-coffee-fraud" target="_blank">Continue reading</a></strong></p></div>Analytical methods to detect coffee adulteration reviewedhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/analytical-methods-to-detect-coffee-adulteration-reviewed2017-04-12T15:08:40.000Z2017-04-12T15:08:40.000ZMichael Hillshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/MichaelHills<div><p>Approaches to test the accuracy of claims for samples of roast ground coffee have been reviewed by researchers.<br />They suggest ways to deal with the key problems such as determining degree of dilution, specific adulterant, geographic origin of the beans and their species and any post growth treatment.</p><p></p><p><strong><a href="http://www.foodqualitynews.com/R-D/Determining-dilution-adulterant-and-origin-of-coffee" target="_blank">Continue reading here</a><br /></strong></p></div>