Economically Motivated Food Fraud and Adulteration in Brazil: Incidents and Alternatives to Minimize Occurrence

Tibola, Casiane Salete; Silva, Simone Alves da; Dossa, Álvaro Augusto; Patrício, Diego

doi:10.1111/1750-3841.14279

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“…Food contact materials are related to consumer product usage and must be properly indicated (Janjarasskul & Suppakul, ). Producer and traceability information (Table , checklist clauses 2 and 3) and advertisement are safety devices for reverse tracing when microbial/chemical hazards occur to prevent further harm, deduce causes, and take rapid actions (Adams, ; Liu et al, ; Mao, Wang, Hao, & Li, ; Meyerding, ; Russo & Tufi, ; Tibola, da Silva, Dossa, & Patricio, ; Tinacci et al, ). Eco‐friendliness, agricultural quality control, and geographical information and certifications (Table , checklist clauses 3 and 6) secure the economic value of food and relate to consumers’ preferences (Liu et al, ; MAFRA & MOF, ; Park, Kim, You, You, Kim, et al, ).…”

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Introduction of highly effective proactive food safety management programs into food distribution channels: For safe food labeling and safe advertisements

Park

Kim²,

Hong

et al. 2019

Journal of Food Safety

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This study introduces a proactive management strategy in food distribution channels and measures its effectiveness quantitatively. Experts conducted 5,131 assessments of 3,390 products based on a food safety assessment criteria checklist. Three on‐site audits at the point of sales without prior interventions showed nonconformance of 5.19, 5.74, and 6.22%. Then, prior interventions were conducted thrice in the contract stages, and corrective actions were recommended to food manufacturers. The research team verified the corrective actions’ adequacy and approved contract volume production. After distribution, on‐site evaluation showed that conformity increased to 91.74%. This study confirmed that the safety of labeling and advertising of food products supplied to distribution channels, which act as a bottleneck of food distribution, can be managed efficiently and improved through proactive management programs, and it also identified an optimal timing for intervention.

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Introduction of highly effective proactive food safety management programs into food distribution channels: For safe food labeling and safe advertisements

Park

Kim²,

Hong

et al. 2019

Journal of Food Safety

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“…Finally, addressing and preventing food fraud and adulteration requires not only enforcement of regulatory systems but also more sampling, monitoring, and development of cost-effective methods contributing to fraud detection [4]. In this sense, understanding and interpreting carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of both plant and animal based food items together with the use of the raw isotope database would support actions and investigations regarding food adulteration and might assist the prevention of food fraud in the Brazilian territory.…”

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“…Brazil is one of the world's main food consumers which makes the country a vast market for food fraud and adulteration through the large quantity of foods produced, exported, or imported [4]. In the Brazilian territory, complex supply chains of foods with animal origin, such as milk and dairy products, are the main targets of food fraud and adulterations, followed by vegetable oils, especially olive oil, considered as high-value products.…”

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“…In the Brazilian territory, complex supply chains of foods with animal origin, such as milk and dairy products, are the main targets of food fraud and adulterations, followed by vegetable oils, especially olive oil, considered as high-value products. Meat and fish, as well as their respective by-products, were also involved in some food fraud and adulteration [4]. Recently there has been a couple of scandals refocusing national attention to food adulteration.…”

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“…Since sophisticated fraudsters have been generally capable of mimicking the physical and chemical compositions of targeted foods, there is a need to address and prevent food fraud and adulteration [4]. Food safety might be also compromised in these cases.…”

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Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios of Food and Beverage in Brazil

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Several previous studies on targeted food items using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios in Brazil have revealed that many of the items investigated are adulterated; mislabeled or even fraud. Here, we present the first Brazilian isotopic baseline assessment that can be used not only in future forensic cases involving food authenticity, but also in human forensic anthropology studies. The δ13C and δ15N were determined in 1245 food items and 374 beverages; most of them made in Brazil. The average δ13C and δ15N of C3 plants were −26.7 ± 1.5‰, and 3.9 ± 3.9‰, respectively, while the average δ13C and δ15N of C4 plants were −11.5 ± 0.8‰ and 4.6 ± 2.6‰, respectively. The δ13C and δ15N of plant-based processed foods were −21.8 ± 4.8‰ and 3.9 ± 2.7‰, respectively. The average δ13C and δ15N of meat, including beef, poultry, pork and lamb were -16.6 ± 4.7‰, and 5.2 ± 2.6‰, respectively, while the δ13C and δ15N of animal-based processed foods were −17.9 ± 3.3‰ and 3.3 ± 3.5‰, respectively. The average δ13C of beverages, including beer and wine was −22.5 ± 3.1‰. We verified that C-C4 constitutes a large proportion of fresh meat, dairy products, as well as animal and plant-based processed foods. The reasons behind this high proportion will be addressed in this study.

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Research on quantitative detection technology of raccoon‐derived ingredient adulteration in sausage products

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Chen,

Xie

et al. 2024

Food Science & Nutrition

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This project presents a quantitative detection method to identify raccoon‐derived ingredient adulteration in sausage products. The specific copy gene of the raccoon was selected as the target gene. According to the specificity of its primer and probe, the quantitative detection method of raccoon microdrops by droplet digital PCR was established. In addition, the accuracy of the proposed method was verified by artificially mixed samples, and the applicability of this method was tested based on the commercially available products. The experimental results indicate that the raccoon mass (M) and raccoon‐extracted DNA concentration have a good linear relationship when the sample content is 5–100 mg, and there is also a significant linear relationship between DNA content and DNA copy number (C) with R2 = .9982. Therefore, using DNA concentration as the median signal, the conversion equation between raw raccoon mass (M) and DNA copy number (C) could be obtained as follows: M = (C + 177.403)/16.954. The detection of artificially mixed samples and commercial samples shows that the method is accurate and suitable for quantitative adulteration detection of various sausage products in the market.

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Economically Motivated Food Fraud and Adulteration in Brazil: Incidents and Alternatives to Minimize Occurrence

Cited by 98 publications

References 72 publications

Introduction of highly effective proactive food safety management programs into food distribution channels: For safe food labeling and safe advertisements

Introduction of highly effective proactive food safety management programs into food distribution channels: For safe food labeling and safe advertisements

Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Ratios of Food and Beverage in Brazil

Research on quantitative detection technology of raccoon‐derived ingredient adulteration in sausage products

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