We are pleased to introduce this Special Issue of Foods dedicated to 'Food Identity, Authenticity and Fraud: The Full Spectrum'.[...].

Abstract Food fraud is an emerging field of study in academic literature. The aim this paper to evaluate whether current understanding food literature congruence with incidents the Netherlands. discussion that follows based on analysis 53 empirical cases investigations conducted at Netherlands and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), nationwide enforcement body tasked investigating fraud. ...

Abstract Major food fraud scandals of the last decade have created awareness need to strengthen companies’ ability combat within their own organizations and across supply chains. The compelled companies industry as a whole take action protect industries against threat fraud. Stakeholders expect act proactively mitigate risks. Certification schemes producers consider undertake vulnerability asse...

Food allergy, a significant public health concern in the developed world has a forensic context. Allergy related personal injury, fatality or criminal non-compliance with food law on the part of a food supplier are issues that have come before the UK courts. More recently substitution of peanuts for more expensive almonds has been discovered. Substitution, accidental or deliberate, subverts avo...

Background & objectives: Nowadays, consumers are demanding more accurate and clear food information than ever before, and meat products are no exception. Given the relatively high cost of raw meat, the possibility of adulteration is not unthinkable. The importance of detecting fraud meat products is due to the inclusion of other types of meat or cheap carcass components or the non-compliance of...

Organic food products are highly susceptible to fraud. Currently, administrative controls are conducted to detect fraud, but having an analytical tool able to verify the organic identity of food would be very supportive. The state-of-the-art in food authentication relies on fingerprinting approaches that find characteristic analytical patterns to unequivocally identify authentic products. While...