Food Authenticity Program Meeting Book (March 13, 2020)

Fish Identification by Protein Isoelectric Focusing (IEF) (AOAC Official Methods 962.15, 970.32, 980.16)

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DNA-Based Seafood Species Identification

• Utilizes sequence diversity in short standardized segments of the genome to identify whole categories of products using universal primers sets. • 655 bases starting near the 5’ end of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 (COI) mitochondrial gene currently used for fish.

“DNA Barcoding”

Project Fish S.C.A.L.E. Seafood Compliance and Labeling Enforcement

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