Abstract:Food adulteration regarding species origin of meats is a common problem in the meat products sector. With regard to horse meat, its undeclared use in food products is not only a fraud, but could present a health risk since is often associated with the presence of the veterinary drug phenylbutazone in meat products. Therefore, it is important to use reliable methods for authentication of meat products regarding their species composition, which are applicable to complex food matrices. Polymerase chain reaction (… Show more
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