SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING NUTRITIONAL SUBSTANCES TO INDICATE ADULTERATION
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1. A method for indicating the adulteration of a nutritional substance, comprising:
- assigning to the nutritional substance a first nutritional value at a first one of multiple modules including a creation module, preservation module, transformation module, conditioning module and consumer module, the nutritional value corresponding to a characteristic of a component of the nutritional substance;
appending the first nutritional value as a record to the nutritional substance;
assigning to the nutritional substance a second nutritional value at a second one of the multiple modules;
appending the second nutritional value as a record to the nutritional substance;
determining a change, Δ
N, between the first and second nutritional values;
performing a qualitative assessment of Δ
N relative to one or more predetermined parameters; and
indicating whether the nutritional substance has been adulterated based on the qualitative assessment.
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Abstract
An information system for nutritional substances obtains information regarding a nutritional substance from the creation of the nutritional substance, the preservation of the nutritional substance, the transformation of the nutritional substance, the conditioning of the nutritional substance, and the consumption of the nutritional substances. The information system stores and provides this information to the various constituents of the nutritional substance supply system. Of particular interest is adulteration with horsemeat, and provisions are described for determining, monitoring and alerting based on detection of such adulteration.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for indicating the adulteration of a nutritional substance, comprising:
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assigning to the nutritional substance a first nutritional value at a first one of multiple modules including a creation module, preservation module, transformation module, conditioning module and consumer module, the nutritional value corresponding to a characteristic of a component of the nutritional substance; appending the first nutritional value as a record to the nutritional substance; assigning to the nutritional substance a second nutritional value at a second one of the multiple modules; appending the second nutritional value as a record to the nutritional substance; determining a change, Δ
N, between the first and second nutritional values;performing a qualitative assessment of Δ
N relative to one or more predetermined parameters; andindicating whether the nutritional substance has been adulterated based on the qualitative assessment. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15)
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2. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined parameters are specific to the type of nutritional substance.
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8. A system for indicating the adulteration of a nutritional substance, comprising:
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an assignment module operable to assign a unique identifier to a nutritional substance for storage in a data base; an intake module operable to determine a first and a subsequent nutritional, organoleptic, and/or aesthetic value of the nutritional substance and to associate the first and subsequent values with the unique identifier in the data base; an assessment module operable to determine a change, Δ
N, between the first and subsequent determined values and to perform a qualitative assessment of Δ
N relative to one or more predetermined parameters stored in the data base in association with the unique identifier; andan alert module operable to issue an alert based on the qualitative assessment performed by the assessment module. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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