Species-specific and quantitative detection of CNS tissue in meat and meat products

摘要

The present invention concerns a method for the species-specific and quantitative detection of CNS tissue in meat and meat products of the ruminant species bovine, ovine and caprine or porcine by a real-time PCR method, using glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) messenger (m)-RNA. The method is very reliable and can be easily conducted even in heat-treated samples.