Objective
Background The counterfeiting of branded wine and spirit bottles and filling with inferior product, or the refilling of genuine bottles with inferior product, can have serious health implications for consumers. This fraudulent activity will have serious economic implications for the mainstream wine and spirit industry and affect income for national governments due to decreased tax revenues accruing from lower bona-fide sales.
Objectives The prime objective of this project is to develop devices which will provide additional quality assurance relating to the production and sale of alcoholic beverages by protecting them against adulteration and counterfeit products. These aims can be met by developing and applying DNA coded microspheres to labels and bottles. Once applied these items can be detected by inspection and identification and logistical information stored on the DNA coded microspheres can be decoded and used to enhance product security. In addition, a key element of the project, will be the development of a device and sensor which will indicate whether genuine bottles have been refilled and resealed.
Work programme The workprogramme has been divided into 4 workpackages. The first workpackage is concerned with evaluating the feasibility of adding and recovering DNA security tags from printing inks. The recovered tags will then be sequenced for decoding. The second workprogramme examines the application to and recovery and decoding of DNA security tags from etched and non-etched glass containers. The third workpackage is concerned with the development of a magnetic strip for incorporation into glass or non-glass container closures, the integrity of which determines whether the containers have been previously opened. The final workpackage will evaluate whether food additive grade microparticles have value as a means of uniquely tagging alcoholic beverages.
State of progress The project started on January 1, 1999.
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