Authentication techniques verify whether a food complies with its description. Regulations protect consumers from inferior products and retailers from unfair competition. Enforcement helps retain consumer confidence and assure food safety, but increasingly consumers also want to be certain about where their food comes from, and producers of speciality foods like Parma ham want to protect their reputation and the value of their product.
The new MoniQA factsheet provides an overview of all those issues related to food authenticity.
More information:
page of the MoniQA authenticity working group
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