The 11 Most Popular Food and Beverage Downloads of 2014

As the year draws to a close, here is a roundup of the most popular food and beverage downloads of 2014.

Article: Is Your Scotch Whisky Counterfeit?
Professor Kishan Dholakia, from the University of St Andrews, discusses his method to easily detect counterfeit Scotch whisky.

Video: Quantification of Inorganic Arsenic in Rice
Prof. Meharg, of Queen's University Belfast, describes how rice grown anaerobically is highly efficient at taking arsenic out of soils. This leads to high levels of inorganic arsenic (a class 1 human carcinogen) in the grain.

Article: Detecting Contaminants in Your Herbal Supplements
Discover how DNA barcoding is used to uncover herbal supplement adulteration.

Article: Monitoring Food-Borne Disease Outbreaks
Find out how disease outbreaks caused by contaminated food are identified and investigated.

Video: Food Fraud: A Serious Global Issue in 2014
In this video, Professor Elliott describes fraud on a global scale on the worldwide food supply chain.

Video: Analysis of VOCs in Foodstuffs
Learn how Dr Carsten Müller, from Cardiff University, profiles volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the headspace of packaged food to determine shelf-life.

Video: The Major Food Safety Issues in China
Watch this video to learn about food fraud in China and safety issues such as the melamine scandal.

Application Note: Determination of Mycotoxins in Food
Discover how LC and LC/MS can be used to detect mycotoxins in foodstuffs.

Video: Meat Authentication: The European Horsemeat Scandal
In the wake of the European horsemeat scandal, learn how mass spectrometry is used to detect trace contaminants of horse and pork in beef products by use of species-specific peptides.

On-Demand Webinar: Simultaneous Quantitative Determination and Screening of Pesticides in Fruits and Vegetables
This informative webinar presents a method to simultaneously quantitate and screen pesticides in your fruit and vegetable samples.

Video: Automated QuEChERS Sample Preparation
Improve the precision and accuracy of your QuEChERS sample prep and add sample capacity to your lab.