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Tackling fraud in the herb and spice sector using a fingerprinting approach

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Submitting institution
Queen's University of Belfast
Unit of assessment
6 - Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences
Summary impact type
Technological
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Is this case study continued from a case study submitted in 2014?
No
Underpinning research subjects
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Other Chemical Sciences
  • Food Sciences

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5. Sources to corroborate the impact

Additional contextual information

Grant funding

Grant number Value of grant
EC-Horizon 2020 £771,010
EIT 18021 £185,852
Innovate UK £221,366
Invest NI £107,927
Industrial Partner £135,000
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Turkey
  • Australia
Formal partners
  • Bia-Analytical
  • United Nations joint IAEA/FAO division
  • British Pepper and Spice (BPS)
  • McCormick’s (sold under Schwartz brand in UK)
  • Halma
Funding programmes
  • Horizon 2020
Global research identifiers
  • grid.270680.b
  • grid.453486.8
  • grid.423443.6
  • grid.425266.1
Name of funders
  • European Commission
  • European Institute of Innovation and Technology
  • Innovate UK
  • Invest Northern Ireland
Researcher ORCIDs
  • 0000-0003-0495-2909
  • 0000-0002-4148-3315