Through-container, extremely low concentration detection of multiple chemical markers of counterfeit alcohol using a handheld SORS device.

ABSTRACT: Major food adulteration incidents occur with alarming frequency and are episodic, with the latest incident, involving the adulteration of meat from 21 producers in Brazil supplied to 60 other countries, reinforcing this view. Food fraud and counterfeiting involves all types of foods, feed, beverages, and packaging, with the potential for serious health, as well as significant economic and social impacts. In the spirit drinks sector, counterfeiters often 'recycle' used genuine packaging, or employ good quality simulants. To prove that suspect products are non-authentic ideally requires accurate, sensitive, analysis of the complex chemical composition while still in its packaging. This has yet to be achieved. Here, we have developed handheld spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) for the

SUBMITTER: Ellis DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5608898 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature