Incidence of horse meat in processed food on B&H market
Journal Title: Genetics & Applications - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Following the “horse meat scandal” in 2013, European Union countries have conducted official control of EU market and unraveled food fraud which implicated a number of processed food products and food businesses. Five years after the breakout of the scandal, no official information on market surveillance in Bosnia and Herzegovina is available. Therefore, 73 randomly selected meat products from retail were collected and analyzed for the presence of horse DNA. Horse DNA was detected in 21 products (28.77%). Particularly disturbing for B&H consumers is high proportion of sujuk samples positive for horse DNA (46.15%) with lower incidence among the products of small manufactures. Also disturbing is the finding that 71.43% of the products that contain horse DNA were produced in B&H. According to our data there is a requirement for stricter surveillance of both import and internal market.
Authors and Affiliations
Anesa Ahatović, Ivona Brkić, Lejla Cokoja, Azra Muhović, Adaleta Durmić-Pašić
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- DOI 10.31383/ga.vol2iss2pp57-61
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