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Battling Fish Fraud With DNA Testing

Posted by samzenpus on from the these-are-not-the-eels-you-are-looking-for dept.

itwbennett writes "High demand, high prices, and nearly identical cheaper alternatives is a recipe for fraud. Eel fraud, that is. This has led Japanese researchers to develop a method to cheaply and quickly batch-test DNA by taking small tissue samples from thousands of eels. 'If a non-local eel is found in a batch, more tests will be performed to find the guilty foreigner.'"

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  1. Good for Japan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Here in America, we import loads of cheap food from China. It has lead TWICE to dog food recalls. We now have loads of illegal pesticides being found in our juices due to illegal imports. We continue to ignore what is going on as republicans have a massive hold on America. But good to see that the rest of the west cares about their citizens.