Halal authenticity of sausage samples by qPCR analysis

The origin of meat products and any porcine contamination should be carefully analyzed for Halal certificaiton. Different methods are utilized for origin detection and of meat and meat products. Due to the sencitivity and selectivity, Real Time PCR is used widely in the area. In this method, even very small amounts of DNA can be determined. In this study, sausages from the most famous sausage brands in Turkey were purchased from the market and they were screened for origin detection and porcine contamination. It was found that none of the sausage samples had any porcine contamination.