Free Download Richard Evershed, "Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics "
English | ISBN: 1472911334 | 2016 | 320 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Horse meat in our burgers, melamine in our infant formula, artificial colors in our fish and fruit-as our urban lifestyle takes us farther away from our food sources, there are increasing opportunities for dishonesty, duplicity, and profit-making shortcuts. Food adulteration, motivated by money, is an issue that has spanned the globe throughout human history. Whether it's 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 trends-it's 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)?