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AOAC Method for Trans Fats Detection – FTIR

What is AOAC? The AOAC was established more than 130 years ago in 1884 by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Originally, it was called Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. Its name was changed to Association of Official Analytical Chemists in 1965. Since 1991, it has been known as

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What are Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances – NOTS?

Naturally Occurring Toxic Substances (NOTS) are naturally occurring toxins that are found in certain types of foods, which may be of fungal, plant or marine origin. Fungal Toxins Fungal toxins include the following: Mushroom toxins Aflatoxins Ochratoxins Mushroom Toxins: The Death Cap Mushroom is deadly and its toxins cause 90%

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Eating Food at the Roadside – What Should You Take Care?

World Health Organization estimates that 600 million people worldwide suffer from consumption of contaminated food, of which 420,000 die. This includes approximately 125,000 children in the under-5 years’ age-group (WHO, 2015). Five-year data (2011-2016) from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that food-borne outbreaks along with acute

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Food Labelling requirements in compliance to FSSAI

We are introducing here a free e-course on food labeling which would help guide all food business operators. The objective here is to provide information about the food labeling standards and the implications involved in non-adherence to the guidelines. The contents of the material would be an intensive approach to

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