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Meat and meat products are popular food commodities around the world due to their high nutritional value and unique flavor. The high demand for meat and meat products makes them an appealing target for adulteration by dishonest traders for financial gains. Meat adulteration has a long history and is still a serious problem around the world, despite the fact that it is prohibited by various national and international laws. For several years, beef has been targeted for adulteration with low-price meats such as chicken, duck and pork in order to increase financial return, particularly minced beef products (Shi et al., 2019). Such beef adulteration not only constitutes consumer fraud and commercial malpractice, but it also raises concerns for people who are allergic to specific meat species or have