Abstract
There is major organic food fraud and adulteration involved globally in various food items and products such as fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, dairy products, seafood, spices, cooking oil, honey, spirits, and much more. Consumers are unaware of the fact that whatever they are buying and eating labeled as organic might not be 100% organic and healthy, even after paying a higher price. Therefore, the focus of our research is to integrate food specified off-the-shelf data enabled technologies such as smart hand held devices and sensors to analyze, monitor, and detect chemical contamination, artificial colors, preservatives, allergens, food viruses, food tampering, high composition of protein, fat and carbohydrates, metal contents and nitrates levels from various industries and food supply chains and provide feedback to the food control and health authorities in real time so that strategic decisions and intelligent solutions can be achieved to avoid food fraud and adulteration and keep the growing population safe and healthy.
Presenters
Zulfiqar AslamSenior Instructor of Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship, College of Business and Economics, United Arab Emirates University Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Food Production and Sustainability
KEYWORDS
Organic, Adulteration, Off the Shelf, Real time, Internet of Things
