International Interlaboratory Scientific Study for Standardization of Next-Generation Sequencing in Food Authenticity Testing
Government and Industry-Leading Organizations are Among the Laboratories Signed Up to Test the Accuracy and Consistency of Thermo Fisher Scientific's NGS Authenticity Workflow.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is working with governmental, industry, and contract testing laboratories to create a standard dataset that will accelerate the use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) in food authenticity, by giving analyzers the ability to test with confidence.
The pioneering NGS method, which detects multi-species DNA in food and ingredient samples, has the potential to tackle food fraud—a global problem that puts lives at risk, decimates reputations, and costs the industry an estimated $10-$40 billion in losses each year.