Food Fraud is Increasing
Food Fraud has proven to be a very lucrative business, and large industries have developed ways to fool the most commonly used tests used in food fraud detection.
Authentic Food Solutions has purchased the only Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) machine in Canada, and one of only two in North America. With this machine we have the ability to test for all organic compounds in a sample, allowing for a level of detection unparalleled by other current testing methods.
Development of innovative food screening techniques
Creation of database libraries
Analysis of food samples
Publications on our laboratory
Keep up with the latest news and articles about honey, and other types of food fraud here:
Chilliwack beekeeper to safeguard purity of B.C. honey with high-tech test
Using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machine, Peter Awram’s lab will be able to determine if cheap sweeteners, such as corn syrup or rice syrup, have been added to particular brands of honey to increase producers’ profits.
A B.C. solution to taking the sting out of honey fraud
In the last fiscal year, more than 23 per cent of imported honey products tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency contained additives, despite being labelled pure. The agency found the honey had been diluted with rice and corn syrups.
Cutting-edge lab opens in Chilliwack to detect fraudulent honey
A new cutting-edge laboratory to detect fake honey — the first in Canada — opened Thursday by the Worker Bee Honey Company of Chilliwack. “Our new lab is a response to honey adulteration, a worldwide problem which is growing larger,” said Peter Awram of the Worker Bee Honey.
“We appreciate all the help and support from the ministry and the Investment Agriculture Foundation of BC for helping ensure that honey, the only truly natural sweetener, stays pure.”
