Food Authentication and Traceability

A resource covering modern analytical tools and how they are applied to food authentication and traceability

Charis M. Galanakis (Edited by)

9780128211045, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 20 November 2020

414 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2.6 cm, 1 kg

Food Authenticity and Traceability covers the most recent trends and important topics in food authentication, with an emphasis on the components of a food traceability systems. The book discusses techniques such as omics-based technologies, chromatographic methods, mass spectrometry, hyperspectral and chemical imaging, molecular and DNA-based techniques, chemometrics and data mining algorithms, high-throughput sequencing, and non-targeted fingerprinting approaches and proteomics.

1. Food authentication: Introduction, techniques and prospects 2. Food Fraud 3. Chromatographic methods 4. Mass Spectrometry in Food Authenticity and Traceability 5. Chemical Imaging in Food Authentication 6. Non-targeted fingerprinting approaches 7. DNA-based techniques 8. Omics-based technologies for food authentication and traceability 9. Proteomics for food authentication 10. Future challenges on the use of blockchain for food traceability analysis 11. Regulatory aspects 12. Metabolomic approaches

Subject Areas: Medical study & revision guides & reference material [MR]