Verifying Product and Process Authenticity
The increasing complexities of food product and process claims have resulted in the new field of authenticity management, which combines process monitoring and verification, traceability, and identity preservation activities.
In commodity markets where bulk products are sold on physical characteristics that are simple to measure, such as protein content, moisture content, grade, or color, a product’s identity is obvious. However, in many developing markets, a product’s identity or pedigree is very difficult, if not impossible, to determine. Identity preservation (IP) programs are intended to maintain a product’s identity throughout a supply chain that may remove most or all of its physically identifiable characterist…
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