In the Field – a new Ag jobs website and word of caution on fraudulent spices
LETHBRIDGE – Country 95’s agricultural features for the week of April 10th to the 14th offered information on a new agriculture job website to being cautious when buying spices.
Food-Fraud-Spices:
One of the world’s foremost experts on food fraud is warning about the possibility that garlic powder on store shelves — including those in Canada — may contain inferior ingredients.
Christopher Elliott of the Institute for Global Food Security at Queen’s University Belfast says garlic sales around the world this year are on pace with sales last year, despite a cold spell that wiped out vast tracts of garlic crops in China.
Elliott and other researchers are investigating garlic supply chains to determine whether garlic powder has been diluted with other products, such as talcum or chalk.