Forensic assignment to geographic origin, a useful tool in seafood fraud control

Seafood fraud is an important problem for many reasons and, unfortunately, has becoming widely spread in the last decades, especially in fish [1]. Economic reasons underlie seafood fraud in most cases: species of low commercial values are sold for others more expensive in order to increase benefits [2]. However, this economically motivated adulteration can encompass drastic consequences affecting public health [3] and species conservation [4]. For all these reasons, seafood forensics helps to combat mislabelling and fraud, being DNA-based technology essential on it [5].

Source: Forensic Science International - January 9, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: J.L. Horreo, G. Machado-Schiaffino, E. Garc ía-Vázquez Source Type: research