date:May 24, 2013
US-based mass spectrometry products provider AB SCIEX has developed a new method to detect horse DNA in meat samples.
AB SCIEX noted that this development is in response to recent reports that horse and pig DNA had been identified in beef products sold in several supermarket chains in Europe.
The new method is based on LC/MS/MS (liquid chromatography / tandem mass spectrometry) consisting of an AB SCIEX QTRAP 5500 LC/MS/MS system coupled with an Eksigent ekspert micro LC system.
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