DNA testing to keep beef traders honest - Random checks are planned at retail outlets to discourage mislabeling.

JAPAN - Concerned over what another beef-mislabeling scandal might do to consumer confidence on the heels of the first case of BSE in the United States, the government says it will begin testing the DNA of beef on sale at retail outlets.

Source: The Asahi Shimbun
calendar icon 13 January 2004
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