Reflections on Food Authenticity and Food Fraud

The panelists summarize their thoughts on food adulteration and fraud from a separation science perspective and provide a personal "call-to-action" to share with analytical scientists working to protect the integrity of food in the supply chain. Drawing on the full breadth of the series, each panelist reflects on the most important lessons, emerging priorities, and unresolved questions that they believe will help shape the future of this rapidly evolving field.

Deborah McKenzie, Deputy Assistant Executive Director and Chief Standards Officer at AOAC INTERNATIONAL, USA, moderates this illuminating discussion with leading experts adept at using separation science in food authenticity and food fraud applications; Chris Elliott, Founder of the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, and Professor of Food Security at Thammasat University, Thailand; Michele Suman, Food Safety & Authenticity Research Manager, Barilla Analytical Food Science, Italy, and Adjunct Professor of AgriFood Authenticity, Catholic University Sacred Heart; and Nicholas Birse, Lecturer in Mass Spectrometry, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK and a Researcher at the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), Northern Ireland, UK.