HAS your chicken been bulked up with beef or pork extracts? Is that expensive albacore tuna really cheap skipjack tuna? Did rats, mice or even bits of people fall into the mincer when your burger was being made? And are unscrupulous companies risking spreading mad cow disease by adding beef to cattle feed?
All these questions can now be answered by a single test that reveals the presence of meat from any of 32 different species in food samples. The test, based on a DNA chip, is being evaluated by food regulatory authorities in Europe, and could also be used…
