Face-off: Shark or pork? DNA barcoding authentication and labelling analysis of shark products (intestine and stomach) available on Chinese e-commerce

2025/08/29 by Xia Zhang, Lara Tinacci, Alice Giusti +10 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Identification and Quantification in Food #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

paper · doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2025.111685

Citations

• Biological identifications through DNA barcodes

Discussions

• Huh. Unprecedented substitution of seafood species with non-aquatic species was found...Almost 60 % of shark products were identified as pork. "Face-off: Shark or pork? DNA barcoding authentication [bsky, 33 points, 1 comments]