Jonathan,

        David Reeder, a grad student at Dartmouth did an interesting
investigation of Maple Syrup fraud using carbon, lead and strontium
isotope analysis as part of a class project.  The results can be
found at;

www.dartmouth.edu/%7Edreeder/syrup.html

or contact him at: [log in to unmask] and he will send you a copy
of it.

Andrew Bukata
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Geological Sciences
Queen's University


On Sun, 9 Jul 2000, peter kroopnick wrote:

> Adulturation of wine is another one you may want to look at!
>
> At 11:45 AM 07/06/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >I would be interested in hearing from anyone who is using stable isotopes
> to determine authenticy in foods.
> >
> >Currently we are testing juice, maple syrup, honey, and vanilla for
> adulteration using C, but we will soon be expanding to the other elements
> as well.
> >
> >Jonathan Haché
> >Canadian Food Inspection Agency
> >Ottawa, ON Canada
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> >
> Dr. Peter Kroopnick
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