Food Toxicology and Forensics

Food Toxicology and Forensics presents an overview on these subjects, along with the analytical tools necessary to handle the complexity of the issues at play between them. The book discusses the presence of foreign substances in food despite forensic analysis and supports the scientific community, laboratories and regulatory bodies in their aim to identify food fraud. Topics include the forensic attribution profiling of food by liquid chromatography (LC), contemporary mass spectrometry (MS), tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (LC-MS), the application of ambient ionization mass spectrometry (AIMS) techniques for the analysis of food samples, and more.

Includes toxicology and analytical methods for the determination of certain toxicants in foodsDiscusses legal, economic and biological issues of food adulteration and food fraudPresents the latest allergen measurement techniques and post reviews of allergen non-compliance casesProvides methods of validation of DNA biochip for species identification in food forensic science

1. Introduction to food fraud 2. Foreign substances in Food in Forensic analyses 3. Multi-omics approach for mycotoxins toxicology 4. Forensic attribution profiling of food using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry 5. Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry as a tool to identify adulteration in different food industries 6. DNA-based methods for species identification in food forensic science 7. PCR as a key technique in food safety, forensics, and bioterrorism prediction: recommended validation guidelines 8. Mass Spectrometry to Detect Foodborne Contaminants 9. Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry in Food Analysis 10. Species detection using probe technology 11. Plant species forbidden in health food and their toxic constituents 12. Trace analysis of nitrofuran residues in food of animal origin 13. Heterocyclic aromatic amines in cooked food: toxicology and analysis