Adulteration and filth in spices
217 samples of four kinds of spices: 48 of cloves, 55 of anise, 57 of cassia and 57 of cumin acquired in Sao Paulo, Brazil trade, were examined for adulteration and for filth detection, from 1986 to 1989. Microscopical examination showed that 112samples (51,61%) were disagreeing with Brazilian Legis...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1991 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Adolfo Lutz |
| Repositorio: | Revista do Instituto Adolfo Lutz (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br:article/35188 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/35188 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Spices cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) anise (Pimpinella anisum) cassia (Cinnamomum sp) cumin (Cuminum cyminum) adulteration of spices filth in spices microscopical examination condimentos, cravo da Índia (Syzygium aromaticum) ), erva-doce (Pimpinella anisum) canela (Cinnamomum sp) cominho (Cuminum cyminum) fraudes em condimentos sujidades em condimentos análise microscópica |
| Sumario: | 217 samples of four kinds of spices: 48 of cloves, 55 of anise, 57 of cassia and 57 of cumin acquired in Sao Paulo, Brazil trade, were examined for adulteration and for filth detection, from 1986 to 1989. Microscopical examination showed that 112samples (51,61%) were disagreeing with Brazilian Legislation: 95 (84,82%) were adulterated with starch or with spices of other kinds; 34 (30,35%) contained sand or soil; 10 (8,93%) were adulterated with mycelia filaments and 6 (5,36%) contained insects or mites. Ground spices were more adulterated (30,87%) than whole spices (19,82%) and ground cumin were more adulterated than the others ground spices (52,63%). Whole anise were more adulterated than the others whole spices (65,45%). |
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