Video mapping process of the beer production chain and illustrating outcomes of the beer study
Food safety and quality and as well as the authenticity of food products has to be guaranteed to protect the rights of consumers. Due to increasing number of food fraud scandals and newly introduced regulations related to the information about the origin of food on the label, delivery of efficient procedures is urgently needed with the aim of distinguishing authentic and fraudulent products. This relates to the overall goal of TRACE project which is development of traceability methods and systems that will provide consumers with added confidence in the authenticity of European food.
Beer is an example of a processed cereal product that is consumed widely across the EU and the wider world. Brand identity is a key attribute of beers and often arises from longstanding brewing practices associated with a region, town or even religious order. One such example of the latter is the Trappist beer produced in Belgium and The Netherlands. Trappist and non-Trappist beers have been used by the TRACE project to develop original models enabling one to distinguish the origin of beer products, Rochefort.
The video here below gives an overview of the process of the beer production chain and illustrates outcomes of the beer study:
J. A. Fernández Pierna et al. (2009). FT-Raman and chemometrics for the authentication of trappist burs. Proceedings in: 5th TRACE conference "TRACE in practice: New methods and systems for confirming the origin of food". Freising (Munich) - Germany, 1-3 April 2009, 54.
