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 PiQ 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
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 PIQ Laboratories, our current suite of qualitative and semi-quantitative meat species tests covers chicken, turkey, cow, goat, sheep, pig and horse.
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 PiQ Laboratories 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 1%.