Species authentication needs to connect DNA findings with the product flow

A paper published on 9 November assessed meat sold as goat meat in Addis Ababa using PCR with species-specific primers targeting the mitochondrial COI gene. Of 427 raw-meat samples collected from licensed butcheries, 368 showed goat DNA. Five samples contained undeclared horse DNA, while 54 results could not be conclusively classified because no amplification occurred.