Food Authenticity
Food fraud is estimated to cost as much as £11 Billion per annum to the UK economy. Adulteration of meat, fish and derived products is thought to account for a significant proportion of this fraud. At ifp South Wales we offer a suite of semi-quantitative and qualitative DNA tests to detect adulteration using Real-time PCR and sequencing based methodologies. These tests permit the detection of adulteration/contamination at the 1% threshold which is deemed by the Food Standard Agency to signify potential gross adulteration and 0.1% which provides a threshold for investigation and implementation of corrective actions
What we test
Meat screen - Chicken, turkey, cattle, sheep, pig, horse, goat, deer & duck
Authenticity of Dairy Products
Get in touch
➤ LOCATION
Unit 3 Couzens House, Elvicta Business Park, Crickhowell. NP8 1DF
☎ CONTACT
info@piqlaboratories.com
01873 877650
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Meat, fish and plant species identification and adulteration
At ifp-labs UK South Wales, our current suite of qualitative and semi-quantitative meat species tests covers chicken, turkey, cow, goat, sheep, pig, horse, deer & duck.
We also offer a DNA sequencing service that is able to identify the species of any pure meat, fish or plant sample.
Authentication of Dairy Products
At ifp-labs UK South Wales we use our extensive expertise in DNA based analysis to detect adulteration in milk, cheese and other dairy products. A key example is Buffalo Mozzerella which has Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and must be made only with Buffalo milk. In some studies, as much as 73% of Buffalo Mozzerlla has been shown to be contaminated with Cow’s milk. We are able to detect the presence of Cow’s milk in buffalo milk at levels as low as 0.1%.