title: Recent advance in DNA-based traceability and authentication of livestock meat PDO and PGI products.
abstract: This review updates the available molecular techniques and technologies and discusses how they can be used for traceability, food control and enforcement activities. The review also provides examples on how molecular techniques succeeded to trace back unknowns to their breeds of origin, to fingerprint single individuals and to generate evidence in court cases. The examples demonstrate the potential of the DNA based traceability techniques and explore possibilities for translating the next generation genomics tools into a food and feed control and enforcement framework.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Via Celoria 10, 20133 Milano, Italy. letizia.nicoloso@unimi.it
authors.forename: Letizia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nicoloso
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crepaldi
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazza
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ajmone-Marsan
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Negrini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D004247:DNA; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D004032:Diet; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005523:Food Supply; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D058751:Livestock / Q000235:genetics; D008460:Meat / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA