DNA methods bring rapid change

摘要

As the lead story about the recall of a specialist nutrition product for babies on this page illustrates, the age-old problem of food product contamination still presents a major challenge for society. Most countries have been affected by food product recalls in recent times for different reasons, whether because of microbial contamination, such as the botulism scare in dairy products in New Zealand that gave Fronterra a huge fine, or as a result of product adulteration, such as in the Chinese melamine in baby food or the Irish horse meat scandal.