Advances in Authenticity Testing for Meat Speciation
Meat species identification represents a key issue in food authentication because it allows verification of labeling compliance, promotion of fair trade, and enables informed consumer choice. Species determination has gained much interest in the case of highly processed and high-value meat products, such as game, which are particularly prone to fraudulent practices. This has driven the development of a wide range of analytical methods, targeting both protein and DNA species-specific markers, or untargeted approaches based on spectroscopy.
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Meat species specification is an area which needs specialized attention in the food quality management system. It is a vital field to ensure food safety to the consumers and it conserves the laws related to meat and meat products. The adulteration of inferior quality meat into superior quality meat is a common practice all over the world.
The meat speciation testing market is basically a process of animal species identification for ethnic, safety, and economic reason. This process is done in order to quantify the relative level of animal DNA, which can be done through the PCR qualitative analysis technique, ELISA, and others. The use of meat speciation testing is increasing due to the intense scrutiny in the food production industry. The meat speciation testing is done in order to provide quality products with less production cost. This testing system verifies the product labels confirm the product's authenticity.