EU DEVELOPS FRUIT JUICE FRAUD DETECTOR
June 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DRINKS industry arm of the European Union's (EU) Joint Research Centre (JRC) is developing analytical methods to classify fruit juice products and their fruit content or added sugar.
BEVABS (the European Office for Wine, Alcohol and Spirit Drinks) wants to help customs officers and consumer protection teams identify fraudulent labelling for fruit juice products, and help manufacturers conduct their own quality controls. This builds on BEVAB's development of a wine isotope database that pinpoints fraudulent counterfeit wine products - ...
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