{"id":115600,"date":"2009-12-30T11:59:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/?p=4951"},"modified":"2009-12-30T11:59:07","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T16:59:07","slug":"food-fraud-high-schoolers-use-dna-tests-to-expose-fake-caviar-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/115600","title":{"rendered":"Food Fraud: High Schoolers Use DNA Tests to Expose Fake Caviar | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dna-investigators-web\"A pair of genetic sleuths from New York City’s Trinity high school discovered a bit of food foul play. Seniors Matt Cost and Brenda Tan collected DNA samples from items around their homes and school, sequenced the fragments and analyzed them with a publicly available database<\/a>, and found there is little truth in advertising,\u00a0according to\u00a0Cosmic Log<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The real detective work came into play when [they] matched the DNA code against a couple of publicly available databases for animal species. They found out that an expensive brand of sheep’s-milk cheese was actually made from cow’s milk, that “sturgeon caviar” was actually Mississippi paddlefish, and that dog treats supposedly made from venison were actually made from beef.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/span>The duo also analyzed DNA from a cockroach that looks like a typical American cockroach<\/a>. However,\u00a0Cost and Tan\u00a0found that its genetic information was different from normal and they think their mystery bug may actually be a previously unidentified species.<\/p>\n

For most people in New York City, this will not be a surprise.<\/p>\n

Related Content:
\n80beats: DNA Scanner Proves That NYC Sushi Contains Endangered Bluefin Tuna<\/a>
\n80beats: DNA Forensics Traces Sharks Killed for Their Fins<\/a>
\nDiscoblog: Small Comfort: Cockroaches, Too, Get Fat on an Unbalanced Diet<\/a><\/p>\n

Image: <\/em>Mark Stoeckle \/ Rockefeller Univ.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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