economically motivation adulteration (1)

The Food Protection and Defense Institute (FPDI) (University of Minnesota) has written a review on economically motivation adulteration (EMA) and its implications for public health. FPDI categorises EMA into eight adulteration methods: dilution, substitution, artificial enhancement, mislabelling, trans-shipment and origin masking, counterfeiting, theft and resale, and intentional distribution of contaminated product. The scope of EMA public health impacts are illustrated through understanding each adulteration method with an associated public health impact examples, which are taken from the FPDI’s Food Adulteration Incidents Registry

                                                                                                                                                                                 Read the full article at: EMA and public health

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