Publications by authors named "Marlyn Dian Laksitorini"
Open Vet J
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- Consumer awareness of food adulteration has risen, with unethical meat producers blending halal beef with rat meat for profit.
- This study introduces a real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method to detect rat meat in beef meatballs, involving several technical stages including primer design and DNA analysis.
- The validated RT-PCR method showed high specificity and sensitivity, successfully confirming no rat meat DNA in the tested beef meatball samples, providing a reliable halal authentication tool.
