6-7% foods contain fraudulent ingredients.
DNA testing showed 16% counterfeited foods.
Problems grew 60% in the last year.
My suspicion is this is directly due to the hidden food price inflation.
Most common adulterated products: olive oil, fruit juces, spices, tea bags, etc.
Quote:
USP tells ABC News that liquids and ground foods in general are the easiest to tamper with:
Olive oil: often diluted with cheaper oils
Lemon juice: cheapened with water and sugar
Tea: diluted with fillers like lawn grass or fern leaves
Spices: like paprika or saffron adulterated with dangerous food colorings that mimic the colors
Milk, honey, coffee and syrup are also listed by the USP as being highly adulterated products.
Also high on the list: seafood. The number one fake being escolar, an oily fish that can cause stomach problems, being mislabeled as white tuna or albacore, frequently found on sushi menus.
National Consumers League did its own testing on lemon juice just this past year and found four different products labeled 100 percent lemon juice were far from pure.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-group-finds-fake-ingredients-popular-foods/story?id=18281941
(you have to suffer an ad before the video)
BTW, I tested olive oil from Sam's Club and it solidified in fridge in 1-2 days. Most likely good (saturated fats).
DNA testing showed 16% counterfeited foods.
Problems grew 60% in the last year.
My suspicion is this is directly due to the hidden food price inflation.
Most common adulterated products: olive oil, fruit juces, spices, tea bags, etc.
Quote:
USP tells ABC News that liquids and ground foods in general are the easiest to tamper with:
Olive oil: often diluted with cheaper oils
Lemon juice: cheapened with water and sugar
Tea: diluted with fillers like lawn grass or fern leaves
Spices: like paprika or saffron adulterated with dangerous food colorings that mimic the colors
Milk, honey, coffee and syrup are also listed by the USP as being highly adulterated products.
Also high on the list: seafood. The number one fake being escolar, an oily fish that can cause stomach problems, being mislabeled as white tuna or albacore, frequently found on sushi menus.
National Consumers League did its own testing on lemon juice just this past year and found four different products labeled 100 percent lemon juice were far from pure.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-group-finds-fake-ingredients-popular-foods/story?id=18281941
(you have to suffer an ad before the video)
BTW, I tested olive oil from Sam's Club and it solidified in fridge in 1-2 days. Most likely good (saturated fats).