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Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics (Bloomsbury Sigma)
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Horse meat in our burgers, melamine in our infant formula, artificial colors in our fish and fruitas our urban lifestyle takes us farther away from our food sources, there are increasing opportunities for dishonesty, duplicity, and profitmaking shortcuts. Food adulteration, motivated by money, is an issue that has spanned the globe throughout human history. Whether its a matter of making a good quality oil stretch a bit further by adding a little extra something or labeling a food falsely to appeal to current consumer trendsits all food fraud. Consumers may pay the ultimate costs for these crimes, with their health and, in some cases, their lives. So how do we sort the beef from the bull (or horse, as the case may be)?Illustrious analytical chemist Richard Evershed and science writer Nicola Temple explain the scientific tools and techniques that have revealed the centurys biggest food fraud scams. They explore the arms race between scientists and adulterators as better techniques for detection spur more creative and sophisticated means of adulteration, and review the upandcoming techniques and devices that will help the industry and consumers fight food fraud in the future. Engagingly written, SORTING THE BEEF FROM THE BULL lifts the lid on the forensics involved, and brings to light the full story of a fascinating and underreported world of applied science.
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