| Abstract: |
DNA testing has revealed more than 17% of fish in Brazil was identified as the wrong species. Researchers found 44 samples were mislabelled when comparing the DNA barcode identification of fish products to the official Brazilian list of species and commercial names. Products with 28 commercial fish names (255 seafood products) confiscated by government officials were sampled from 14 states including imports from eight countries. Brazilian authorities recently acted to combat smuggling and fraud in shrimp and fish . Adoption of DNA barcoding. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA – Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento) has adopted DNA barcoding (i.e. analysing about 650 base pairs of the COI mitochondrial gene) as a standardised method for regulation of processed seafood products. |
