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Area of expertise
Food Authenticity
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Years of experience
25+
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Highest qualification
PhD
Rosario has a background in cell biology, protein biochemistry and drug discovery. Her work at Fera spans across various areas of food safety and authenticity, including proteomic approaches for meat speciation and allergen detection and molecular diagnostics of microbial pathogens in the agri-food sector. She has authored 26 peer-reviewed papers and is member of two European expert standardisation committees in the areas of food authenticity and liquid chromatography/ mass spectrometry methods. Rosario is Science Lead for Novel foods and has a strong interest in the safety aspects of alternative proteins.
Food authenticity services
With the food industry increasingly subject to scrutiny, testing to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, protecting public health and supporting traceability is a must. As a leading provider of analysis and testing services to the global food and agricultural industries, we are constantly improving our methods and innovating in new ways in order to achieve a safer, higher quality, more sustainable and traceable food and beverage supply chain.
Latest Papers and Articles
HH Grundy, LC Brown, MR Romero, JA Donarski (2023). Review: Methods to determine offal adulteration in meat products to support enforcement and food security. Food Chemistry, 399. DOI10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133818
JA Donarski, K Heinrich and Rosario Romero (2020). Analytical toolbox for food fraud. Food Analysis, vol. 34, issue 4.
MR Romero and N. Cook (2018). A Rapid LAMP-Based Method for Screening Poultry Samples for Campylobacter Without Enrichment. Front. Microbiol. 9:2401.doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02401
R. Romero and N. Cook. Loop-mediated isothermal nucleic acid amplification (LAMP) for food microbiology testing. New Food, Volume 20, Issue 1, 2017.
MR Romero, A.J. Claydon, E.C. Fitches, M.E. Wakefield and A.J. Charlton (2016). Sequence homology of the fly proteins tropomyosin, arginine kinase and myosin light chain with known allergens in invertebrates. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2016; 2(2): 69-81.
MR Romero, M D'Agostino, AP Arias, S Robles, CF Casado, LO Iturbe, OG Lerma, M Andreou, and N Cook (2016). An Immunomagnetic Separation/Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Direct Detection of Thermotolerant Campylobacter Spp. During Poultry Production, J Appl Microbiol, 120, 469-77.
M.R. Romero, A.J. Claydon, E.C. Fitches, M.E. Wakefield and A.J. Charlton. Sequence homology of the fly proteins tropomyosin, arginine kinase and myosin light chain with known allergens in invertebrates. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2016; 2(2): 69-81.
A. J. Claydon, H. H. Grundy, A. J. Charlton, and R. Romero. 'Identification of Novel Peptides for Horse Meat Speciation in Highly Processed Foodstuffs', Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess, 32 (2015), 1718-29.
Rosario and their team work with customers to deliver the following services within Fera...
Molecular biology, proteomics, protein biochemistry.
Rosario works in the Food Authenticity and Profiling team. Within the team we have expertise to conduct profiling of chemical and biochemical molecules in food, feed and other sample types using a ra
Food Contact Materials Testing
Our work involves targeted and non targeted analysis of known and unknown migrants. Analysis can be carried out in complex matrices (foods, food simulants and food contact materials and articles) utilising a range of advanced chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques.
Contaminant Testing
Our experts focus on the scientific research relating to intentionally added food components and to those arising from chemical changes during food processing, bioactive chemicals and natural toxicants.
Authenticity Testing
Fera's analysts use industry leading techniques and cutting edge technologies to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, protecting public health and traceability.
Latest Papers and Articles
HH Grundy, LC Brown, MR Romero, JA Donarski (2023). Review: Methods to determine offal adulteration in meat products to support enforcement and food security. Food Chemistry, 399. DOI10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.133818
JA Donarski, K Heinrich and Rosario Romero (2020). Analytical toolbox for food fraud. Food Analysis, vol. 34, issue 4.
MR Romero and N. Cook (2018). A Rapid LAMP-Based Method for Screening Poultry Samples for Campylobacter Without Enrichment. Front. Microbiol. 9:2401.doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02401
R. Romero and N. Cook. Loop-mediated isothermal nucleic acid amplification (LAMP) for food microbiology testing. New Food, Volume 20, Issue 1, 2017.
MR Romero, A.J. Claydon, E.C. Fitches, M.E. Wakefield and A.J. Charlton (2016). Sequence homology of the fly proteins tropomyosin, arginine kinase and myosin light chain with known allergens in invertebrates. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2016; 2(2): 69-81.
MR Romero, M D'Agostino, AP Arias, S Robles, CF Casado, LO Iturbe, OG Lerma, M Andreou, and N Cook (2016). An Immunomagnetic Separation/Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Direct Detection of Thermotolerant Campylobacter Spp. During Poultry Production, J Appl Microbiol, 120, 469-77.
M.R. Romero, A.J. Claydon, E.C. Fitches, M.E. Wakefield and A.J. Charlton. Sequence homology of the fly proteins tropomyosin, arginine kinase and myosin light chain with known allergens in invertebrates. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2016; 2(2): 69-81.
A. J. Claydon, H. H. Grundy, A. J. Charlton, and R. Romero. 'Identification of Novel Peptides for Horse Meat Speciation in Highly Processed Foodstuffs', Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess, 32 (2015), 1718-29.
Rosario and their team work with customers to deliver the following services within Fera...
Molecular biology, proteomics, protein biochemistry.
Rosario works in the Food Authenticity and Profiling team. Within the team we have expertise to conduct profiling of chemical and biochemical molecules in food, feed and other sample types using a ra
Food Contact Materials Testing
Our work involves targeted and non targeted analysis of known and unknown migrants. Analysis can be carried out in complex matrices (foods, food simulants and food contact materials and articles) utilising a range of advanced chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques.
Contaminant Testing
Our experts focus on the scientific research relating to intentionally added food components and to those arising from chemical changes during food processing, bioactive chemicals and natural toxicants.
Authenticity Testing
Fera's analysts use industry leading techniques and cutting edge technologies to ensure compliance with food safety regulations, protecting public health and traceability.