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A Review Of Human Factors And Food Safety In Ireland, Ciara Walsh, Maria Chiara Leva
A Review Of Human Factors And Food Safety In Ireland, Ciara Walsh, Maria Chiara Leva
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Increased product shelf-life and globalisation have led to longer and vastly more complicated food chains; potentially presenting greater opportunity for contamination and microbial growth to occur. Modern food safety management systems risk assess hazards (based on current scientific data) and strive to control these, often extensive and convoluted, food production/supply chains through appropriate good hygiene practices (GHP) and HACCP. Contamination of food as a result of human error can undermine even the most carefully prepared and executed HACCP system – culminating in foodborne infection, outbreaks, reputable damage, and erosion of consumer trust. This paper provides a review on the effect …
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy For Food Authentication, Maria Markiewicz-Keszycka, Raquel Cama-Moncunill, Maria Piedad Casado-Gavalda, Carl Sullivan, P. J. Cullen
Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy For Food Authentication, Maria Markiewicz-Keszycka, Raquel Cama-Moncunill, Maria Piedad Casado-Gavalda, Carl Sullivan, P. J. Cullen
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With the globalisation of food markets, food authentication has become a significant concern worldwide to ensure food safety and to avoid origin and quality fraud. A multi-elemental fingerprint is a powerful tool for detection of adulterants and geographical origin of foods. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a promising technique that can provide a mineral fingerprint of food products. LIBS allows a rapid, high-throughput, micro-destructive and multi-elemental analysis of a wide range of samples type. It has already been demonstrated by several authors that LIBS can be successfully used for food authentication. Although LIBS shows excellent potential for at-line or portable …