High level of mislabeling in Spanish and Greek hake markets suggests the fraudulent introduction of African species

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 475-480

  Garcia Vazquez, Eva ^a   Perez, Juliana ^a   Martinez, Jose L ^a   Pardiñas, Antonio F ^b   Lopez, Belen ^b   Karaiskou, Nikoletta ^c   Casa, Mary F ^a   MacHado Schiaffino, Gonzalo ^a   Triantafyllidis, Alexander ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

DNA analysis; fraud detection; hake; Merluccius; PCR amplification; Seafood

Indexed keywords

DNA ANALYSIS; FRAUD DETECTION; HAKE; MERLUCCIUS; PCR AMPLIFICATION; SEAFOOD;

CRIME; DNA; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MEATS; PROFITABILITY;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PACKAGING; GADIFORMES; GENETICS; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA FOOD; STANDARD;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD LABELING; GADIFORMES; QUALITY CONTROL; SEAFOOD;

MERLUCCIUS; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 78751500675     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf103754r     Document Type: Article

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