A sense of ginger fraud: prevalence and deconstruction of the China-European union supply chain.

Autor: Han Q; Food Quality & Design Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.; Institute for Global Food Security, Biological Sciences, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 5DL, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK., Erasmus SW; Food Quality & Design Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands., Elliott CT; Institute for Global Food Security, Biological Sciences, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 5DL, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.; School of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, 99 Mhu 18, Pahonyothin Road, Khong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand., van Ruth SM; Food Quality & Design Group, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. saskia.vanruth@wur.nl.; Institute for Global Food Security, Biological Sciences, 19 Chlorine Gardens, Queen's University Belfast, BT9 5DL, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. saskia.vanruth@wur.nl.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: NPJ science of food [NPJ Sci Food] 2022 Nov 04; Vol. 6 (1), pp. 51. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 04.
DOI: 10.1038/s41538-022-00166-y
Abstrakt: As an important spice, ginger has been widely distributed in the Chinese and the European Union (EU) markets, the two largest trading areas, in various forms. The ginger supply chain between China and the EU is long and complex, providing opportunities for fraudsters to deceive consumers. However, limited attention has been given to food fraud in ginger, and there is a lack of research on this topic. In this review, ginger was used as an example for interpreting the fraud issues within low-priced and high-trade volume spice products. This review aims to summarize the open access information from food and food fraud databases, literature, and stakeholders about ginger fraud, and to map, deconstruct and analyse the food fraud vulnerability in the supply chain. In addition, potential testing strategies to detect ginger fraud were also discussed. The investigation of food fraud databases, a semi-structured literature review and online interviews with stakeholders revealed that adulteration is the major fraud type in ginger products. And the most vulnerable ginger products are ground ginger and finely processed ginger. The ginger supply chain from China to the EU comprises nine stages and is medium vulnerable to food fraud, both in regard to opportunities and motivational drivers. To ensure the integrity of the ginger supply chain, there is a need to apply fraud vulnerability tools in the companies of the industry. In addition, screening and confirmatory techniques based on the characteristics of ginger should be utilised for monitoring fraud issues in the supply chain.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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