Food Authenticity Program Meeting Book (September 10, 2020)

Non-targeted molecular method

Characteristics

Detailed information

Database version and content, and update management Comparison algorithm version Description of the DNA sequences used as references List of the genera and species in the database version Description of the types of profiles in the database, e.g. one unique profile issued from the average of various sequences of the same species or several profiles of various sequences of the same species* List of the closely related species that are not differentiated by the identification method Description of the homology concept to assess the identification results with high confidence or low confidence Description of the sample preparation and method workflow, particularly when obtaining homology result of low confidence or when no identification result is generated Calculation of the result reporting*

Scope of the method

Identification method principle

Database content

Concept of the database

Limitations

Comparison algorithm

Result reporting

Sample preparation and trouble shooting

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Molecular and Genomic Methods for Authenticity

“At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes.” Richard Dawkins The first SPMR will be a brain-teaser, but hopefully easy to copy-paste for other scopes e.g. meat, halal, fish & seafood, botanicals, spices...

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