AOAC Food Fraud Initiative Meeting Book (August 28, 2018)

Methods/Technologies

• Polymerase chain reaction-based (PCR) technologies or immunoassay-based methods e.g. targeting pork markers in beef products, • Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) e.g. targeting melamine in milk, compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) in infant formula

Methods

• Isotope dilution techniques e.g. targeting markers of products from a different region than the one claimed;

• Were developed targeting specific adulterants in food ingredients and products subject to EMA.