Innovations in food authentication and traceability
Editorial feature
The global food system is entering a new era of scrutiny as consumers, regulators, and industry leaders demand unprecedented transparency about what we eat and where it comes from. From mislabeled ingredients to complex global supply chains, verifying food identity and authenticating origin and composition has never been more critical. As food integrity concerns rise worldwide, food authentication and traceability have become essential pillars of modern food safety, quality assurance, and brand protection.
Building on this landscape, this SelectScience feature explores the innovations transforming how laboratories and producers safeguard food and beverage integrity. It covers key areas such as spoilage testing in beverages, advanced extraction and enrichment techniques with GC–MS, pesticide testing, and food fraud detection, highlighting the analytical strategies, high‑performance instrumentation, and data‑driven workflows enabling faster, more reliable, and more transparent quality control across the supply chain.
Through expert interviews, application notes, technology spotlights, and practical insights, this feature supports professionals across food testing laboratories, quality and compliance teams, ingredient sourcing, retail, and global supply‑chain management as they navigate the evolving challenges of ensuring food authenticity, regulatory compliance, and consumer trust.
Rapid detection of spoilage organisms in beverages
Beverage producers face increasing pressure to ensure product integrity, quality, and brand protection in the face of complex spoilage risks. Discover how the Thermo Scientific™ SureTect™ Beverage Spoilage Multiplex PCR Assay provides a fast, broad-range molecular solution for detecting key spoilage microorganisms that threaten beverage quality.
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Applications guide to food and beverages
Explore this comprehensive guide to using advanced extraction and enrichment techniques with GC–MS for automated food and beverage analysis. Discover how Markes' technologies can provide rich data for reliable results and help you to meet current and future demands with the support of automation.
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Advanced reference materials streamline multi-residue pesticide testing
Pesticide residue analysis is currently one of the most demanding areas of analytical testing. Dr. Kelly Cheshire from LGC Standards discusses how LGC Standards has been addressing these challenges for 50 years with a solution that offers rapid screening of over 700 analytes.
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UV-Vis spectroscopy takes center stage in food fraud detection
As food fraud continues to challenge, global supply chains and regulatory bodies demand more rigorous authenticity testing. Uncover with Edinburgh Instruments how UV-Vis and fluorescence solutions are addressing this growing challenge head-on, particularly in olive oil authentication, to obtain accurate reproducible data with confidence
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