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Food fraud and adulterated ingredients : background, issues, and federal action /

Food fraud, or the act of defrauding buyers of food or ingredients for economic gain-whether they be consumers or food manufacturers, retailers, and importers-has vexed the food industry throughout history. Some of the earliest reported cases of food fraud, dating back thousands of years, involved o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Braden, Darrell T. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Novinka, [2014]
Colección:Food science and technology (Academic Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""FOOD FRAUD AND ADULTERATED INGREDIENTS: BACKGROUND, ISSUES, AND FEDERAL ACTION""; ""FOOD FRAUD AND ADULTERATED INGREDIENTS: BACKGROUND, ISSUES, AND FEDERAL ACTION""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: FOOD FRAUD AND “ECONOMICALLY MOTIVATED ADULTERATIONâ€? OF FOOD AND FOOD INGREDIENTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""AVAILABLE DATA AND INFORMATION REPOSITORIES""; ""FEDERAL ACTIVITIES INVOLVING FOOD FRAUD""; ""CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS INVOLVING FOOD FRAUD""; ""Chapter 2: SEAFOOD MARKETING: COMBATING FRAUD AND DECEPTION""
  • SUMMARYINTRODUCTION
  • FRAUDULENT OR DECEPTIVE PRACTICES
  • INDUSTRY INITIATIVES
  • CURRENT LAW AND CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST
  • CONCLUSION
  • Chapter 3: FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION: BETTER COORDINATION COULD ENHANCE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ECONOMIC ADULTERATION AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH
  • WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY
  • WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS
  • WHAT GAO FOUND
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • BACKGROUND
  • FDA HAS MANY EFFORTS TO ADDRESS ECONOMICADULTERATION BUT HAS MISSED OPPORTUNITIESTO COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE
  • FDA FACES CHALLENGES IN ADDRESSING ECONOMICADULTERATION, AND STAKEHOLDERS IDENTIFIED OPTIONS THAT MAY HELP AGENCY EFFORTSCONCLUSION
  • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION
  • AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION
  • APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY
  • INDEX