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Modern trends in the reduction of cigarette consumption have led to the spread of smokeless tobacco and non-tobacco nicotine-containing products [1]; their variety creates certain problems with the identification of products in this segment. Sucking tobacco (snus) has been banned in the Russian Federation for wholesale and retail trade since 2015, but it is a product similar to chew- ing tobacco in packaging, ingredient composition and physiological effects. Therefore, establishing the identification characteristics of chewing tobacco is an urgent task. The attitude towards chewing tobacco is controversial. The absence of the smoldering / burning process characteristic of cigarettes indicates a decrease in the harmful effect on the human body. At the same time, the physiological ef- fect on the consumer is based on the effect of nicotine extracted from tobacco through the oral mucosa. Consumer indicators of samples of smokeless tobacco / non-tobacco nicotine-containing products have been investigated: moisture content, fractional composition and nicotine content. The moisture content of samples of non-smoking products ranges from 19,0 % to 36,5 %. The nicotine content in the investigated tobacco / non-tobacco products is 0,3–2,4 % / 1,0–8,8 % respectively. To establish the identification signs of smokeless tobacco products the following methods have been used: product fractionation, optical microscopy, spectrophotometry, and liquid chromatography / tandem mass spectrometry (LCMS / MS). The main feature of the difference between smokeless tobacco products and non-tobacco nicotine-containing products has been determined – the presence of tobacco in the ingredient composition, confirmed by the structure of the product and the content of specific tobacco nitrosamines. As a result of the research, experimental data were obtained on the quantitative determination of the content of tobacco specific nitrosamines by the LCMS / MS method in smokeless tobacco products. The main identification feature of chewing tobacco has been established: the presence of raw tobacco in the ingredient composition with a coarse fraction content is at least 15 %.

The technology of high quality delicacy pasteurized canned foods from salmon fillets with the addition of exotic fruit and olive oil using heating temperature of less than 100 °C has been developed. The acceptable composition of marinade without common salt has been found experimentally. The sensory estimation mark of the product with this marinade formulation has reached 19.2 points on a 20 point scale. The most acceptable composition of canned salmon fillets with pineapple and olive oil characterized by a high content of salmon fillets has been determined (133 g from net weight 170, can 2). The results of preliminary heat engineering experiments using the complex Ellab TrackSense PRO (Denmark) have allowed to choose temperature-time mode of pasteurization of semi-canned foods packed in metal cans № 2 (net weight 170g): the duration of actual pasteurization is 60 minutes, the temperature is 85 °C. The practical lethality of the pasteurization mode is found to be 99.7 conditional minutes. Microbiological tests have shown that QMAFAnM before pasteurization is from 1.5 × 103 to 2.1 × 104 CFU/g which is less than normative values, while after pasteurization it is decreased to 5 × 101 CFU/g. The results of complex thermophysical, microbiological, and sensory researches have made it possible to clarify the pasteurization mode of the developed semi-canned foods. The microbiological stability of the developed semi-canned foods during 3-month storage at the temperature +3…5 °C and at the air humidity of 75 % has been proved. The chemical composition and energy value of developed canned foods has been found: total protein and lipid amount is more than 45 % of the product, the energy value is equal to 301 kcal. The content of selected fatty acids has been found, the monounsaturated fatty acids has been proved to be dominated in the lipids. The safety, high quality and food value of the developed delicacy semi-canned foods form the salmon fillets with addition of exotic fruit and olive oil have been proved.

Organic products tend to retail at a higher price than their conventional counterparts, which makes them susceptible to fraud. In this study we evaluate the application of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as a rapid, cost-effective method to verify the organic identity of feed for laying hens. For this purpose a total of 36 organic and 60 conventional feed samples from The Netherlands were measured by NIRS. A binary classification model (organic vs conventional feed) was developed using partial least squares discriminant analysis. Models were developed using five different data preprocessing techniques, which were externally validated by a stratified random resampling strategy using 1000 realizations. Spectral regions related to the protein and fat content were among the most important ones for the classification model. The models based on data preprocessed using direct orthogonal signal correction (DOSC), standard normal variate (SNV), and first and second derivatives provided the most successful results in terms of median sensitivity (0.91 in external validation) and median specificity (1.00 for external validation of SNV models and 0.94 for DOSC and first and second derivative models). A previously developed model, which was based on fatty acid fingerprinting of the same set of feed samples, provided a higher sensitivity (1.00). This shows that the NIRS-based approach provides a rapid and low-cost screening tool, whereas the fatty acid fingerprinting model can be used for further confirmation of the organic identity of feed samples for laying hens. These methods provide additional assurance to the administrative controls currently conducted in the organic feed sector.