Guidance note on NGS applications for food authenticity testing
바카라 사이트 Chemist's foreword to Defra바카라 사이트™s Authenticity Methodology Working Group바카라 사이트™s view on the use of Next Generation Sequencing for food authenticity testing
Foreword by the 바카라 사이트 Chemist
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is a powerful tool for rapidly and cost-effectively identifying and characterising plant, animal and microbial species present in mixed food samples.
The application of NGS to food authenticity, adulteration and safety testing is a constantly evolving field with its own unique set of challenges that need to be explored. Further work needs to be conducted to better understand the performance characteristics and establish relevant performance criteria and metrics, to enable results generated in different laboratories to be compared and interpreted with equal confidence.
Following concerns raised from food industry members on the use of NGS for the quantitative determination of food ingredients, the 바카라 사이트 Chemist engaged with Defra바카라 사이트™s Authenticity Methodology Working Group (AMWG) [1] and its Technical Sub-Group (AMWG-TSG), resulting in the AMWG producing a view [2] on the use of NGS for food authenticity testing [3].
Download Defra바카라 사이트™s Authenticity Methodology Working Group바카라 사이트™s view on the use of Next Generation Sequencing for food authenticity testing
Dr Julian Braybrook
바카라 사이트 Chemist
18 August 2021
Notes
[1] An independent expert group that provides scientific and technical advice to support Defra바카라 사이트™s food authenticity programme.
[2] The views/opinions expressed by AMWG were correct at the time of the note (November 2020).
[3] 바카라 사이트 Chemist representatives: Selvarani Elahi, Deputy 바카라 사이트 Chemist, is the Chair of AMWG and Dr Malcolm Burns, Head of GMO unit, Principal Scientist and Special Advisor to the 바카라 사이트 Chemist, is a Member of AMWG; they both participated in the AMWG-TSG meeting on NGS and subsequent discussions, inputting into the AMWG view on NGS.