Spice and herb fraud

Abstract This chapter will provide an overview of the food fraud challenges that exist within herb and spice commodities. Herbs and spices hold a high economic value while also being vulnerable to fraud. Several examples of herb and spice fraud will be reviewed to show the primary drivers of food fraud within the specific commodity. Other topics covered in this chapter include ongoing analytical research to strengthen methods of detection of adulteration in herbs and spices, as well as various mitigation efforts that can be taken to reduce the vulnerability to fraud within supply chains.