Tackling Food Fraud with “Chromatography-Free” Mass Spectrometry

Economically motivated adulteration (EMA) is a growing global issue that not only threatens food producers and the food supply chain, but could also have a damaging impact on human health. EMA involves the deliberate introduction of inferior substances in food products with the intention of increasing quantity, reducing production costs, or creating an imitation of a high-value product. EMAs are designed to avoid detection, and establishing the presence of adulterants in food samples is a major challenge for the food industry.