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 We are delighted to be collaborating with the Global Alliance (GA) on Food Crime to bring a dedicated page for the GA on our website.
The GA is a coalition of international leaders who have agreed to work together on the prevention, detection and…
Thursday
Selvarani Elahi published an article
International Scientific Conference on “Relevance of Global Commodity Chains for Risk Assessment”
The international conference, organised by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), will bring together national and international…
Mar 13
Selvarani Elahi posted a blog post
We are delighted to present our Annual Summary, which highlights key activities and outputs from 2023.
It contains news about our membership and users of the website, as well as the activities of the Team at UK and international events. Information…
Mar 11
Selvarani Elahi liked John Points's blog post Codex labelling & analysis proposals - culinary herbs and spices
Mar 11
Selvarani Elahi liked John Points's blog post Review – methods to detect cinnamon adulteration
Mar 11
Selvarani Elahi posted a blog post
A new report has been published by the UK Food Standards Agency on a review of methods for the analysis of culinary herbs and spices for authenticity.
Herbs and spices are a commodity group that consistently appear in the top ten commodities most…
Mar 7
Selvarani Elahi left a comment for Clare Menezes
"Welcome back Clare! I look forward to working with you in your new role.
Kind regards
Selvarani"
Feb 20
Selvarani Elahi published an article
Join FDF for their Food Safety Networking Event on 12 June for the opportunity to hear from Professor Chris Elliott on the challenges of ensuring UK food is safe and authentic and to learn more about UK food safety and authenticity from a range of…
Feb 7
Selvarani Elahi posted a blog post
A Toolkit to Support Weight of Evidence Approaches for Food Authenticity Investigations has been published by Defra.
Applying a weight of evidence approach for food authenticity investigation is relevant in situations where screening tests which do…
Feb 7
Selvarani Elahi posted a blog post
The European Parliament and Council agreed to review and strengthen the existing marketing standards applicable to honey, fruit juices, jams and milk. The so-called Breakfast Directives lay down common rules on the composition, sales names,…
Feb 2
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The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) has published guidance on the selection and use of DNA extraction methods.
Extracting DNA of suitable quality and quantity from a test sample is a fundamental upstream step that underpins the…
Jan 30
Selvarani Elahi liked John Points's blog post Food Fraud Records: Summary of Data 1980-2022
Jan 30
Selvarani Elahi liked John Points's blog post A Comprehensive Study of Food Prices and Food Fraud with the European Union
Jan 30
Selvarani Elahi commented on John Points's blog post Spink’s Snippet – Food (Fraud) for Thought
"Thank you John S and John P.
Mine are No, No & No! On the basis they would be regulated by laws other than food law?"
Jan 26
Selvarani Elahi posted a blog post
A scientific paper entitled ”Authenticity Assessment of Ground Black Pepper by Combining Headspace Gas-Chromatography Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Machine Learning” has now been published in Food Research International (Elsevier journal) 
The study…
Jan 25
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