The Use of Molecular Biology Techniques in Food Traceability

Embracing the Next-Generation Technology in Food Industry

“…Adulteration in some products include many issues, such as the replacement of the primarily animal species by low-value animal or vegetable species, mislabeling of ingredients and the geographical origin, misunderstood processing methods and the geographical origin, undeclared processing methods, the addition of undeclared ingredients and non-meat components [10]. For samples with processed meat and fish products, the inability to visually identify species in these products, coupled with price variations in different animal species, increases the probability of species substitution [18].…”

“…Four different regions from barcoding genes were selected. The size of the amplified regions, was kept between 200 bp and 400 bp [10]. Primer coverage was analyzed "in silico" by evaluation of primers and probes using the tool National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Nucleotide Blast (https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Blast.cgi?PROGRAM=blastn&PAGE_TYPE=BlastSearch&LINK_ LOC=blasthome).…”

Development and validation of a SNPs panel used for beef traceability throughout the food chain

“…Meat specification is important to avoid unfair competition practices of producers, processors and sellers aiming gain an economic advantage from misrepresenting cheaper beef products as premium quality ones (Espiñeira & Santaclara, 2016). One of the main characteristics that can be used to distinguish meat quality, and its market value is the breed and place of origin of the product.…”

Pesticide residues in locally produced grape wine in Tanzania: a case study of Dodoma urban and Bahi districts

“…Tel: 0763777586. Author(s) agree that this article remain permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License depends on the vinification process, the geographical origin of the grapes as well as the varietal composition of the grape wort; therefore, grapes traceability is important in quality control and suppliers' information (Espineira and Santaclara, 2016).…”