Stories about fake food seem to be everywhere at the moment. China is the source of the most stomach-churning ones ("gutter oil" being my personal favourite - don't Google it if you're planning to eat any time soon).
But there are plenty from the USA and Europe too. Fake olive oil and truffle oil, mislabelled meat and seafood, the horse meat scandal in the UK.
If we can't rely on governments to protect us, I'm beginning to think there's a start-up opportunity for home food testing kits. Is such a thing technically possible? I guess for meat/seafood being misrepresented as a different species a DNA test would be required. But presumably there are chemical tests that can check for contaminants?
But there are plenty from the USA and Europe too. Fake olive oil and truffle oil, mislabelled meat and seafood, the horse meat scandal in the UK.
If we can't rely on governments to protect us, I'm beginning to think there's a start-up opportunity for home food testing kits. Is such a thing technically possible? I guess for meat/seafood being misrepresented as a different species a DNA test would be required. But presumably there are chemical tests that can check for contaminants?