Milk Fraud Article

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I thought this was as interesting article, but even more so when it dealt with fraud in organic milk

Charlie

Exeland, WI

The organic market in Germany has been growing rapidly in recent years - by as much as 34 per cent between 2006 and 2007, to reach 11 per cent of all fresh drinking milk. This popularity, coupled with shortages brought about by high demand, mean there is a risk of fraudulent labelling, according to Joachim Molkentin of the Federal Institute of Nutrition and Food in Germany.

To combat this, Molkentin developed a test for certain components in milk that would be drastically different in organic and conventional milk - such as the carbon stable isotope ratio, levels of alpha-linoleic acid (C18:3ù3), and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA).

Using isotope ratio mass spectrometry, Molkentin was able to establish threshold levels of carbon stable isotope ratio between the organic and conventional milks, of below a maximum of -26.5 per cent

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