more profitable than the drug trade. worldwide ten percent of foodstuffs tested are fake even oregon know it s sometimes adulterated with chopped pain leaves other bulking agents. in general food fraud is a form of fraud committed on the consumer s pocket book the consumer is paying for a quality product but getting something inferior. often involves expensive products like saffron for instance that s why the spice is regularly examined by chemists at the food safety authority in this lab in karlsruhe are they about five hundred samples of food from supermarkets online shops every day and often make astonishing discoveries. and this doesn t even look like san fran it looks like some sort of cellulose material paper that s probably
shops every day and often make astonishing discoveries. this doesn t even look like saffron it looks like some sort of cellulose material paper that s probably just been dyed red. those shredded red paper it s not dangerous but it s brazen fraud. and about eighteen euro s or grand it s not surprising they try those especially because as you ve seen you can t detect the fake just by looking at it with other spices the fakes pay off because they re selling large quantities. most of the fraud can t be detected with the naked eye for that you need a chemical analysis until recently the chemists had to carry out a separate test for every compound and they had to know exactly what to look for but no and spectroscopy has changed that using this method single provider genetic. profile of an entire sample in just thirty minutes the technology
to me that the trade in fake food products is even more profitable than the drug trade. worldwide ten percent of foodstuffs tested are fake even oregon and sometimes adulterated with chopped hay leaves other agents. in general food fraud is a form of fraud committed on the consumer s pocket book the consumer is paying for a quality product but getting something inferior. often involves expensive products like saffron for instance that s why the spice is regularly examined by chemists of the food safety authority in this loving bake some about five hundred samples of food from supermarkets online shops every day and often make astonishing discoveries. this doesn t even look like saffron it looks like some sort of cellulose material paper that s probably just been dyed red