Where's the beef? UBC develops new technique to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef

VANCOUVER — UBC has good news for anyone who’s been a little nervous about sinking their teeth into a juicy hamburger since horse meat was found in European beef a few years ago.
Researchers at the university have developed a new technique to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef, using a laser-equipped spectrometer and statistical analysis.
DNA testing can already identify foreign species in meat products, but it can’t locate offal, such as hearts, livers, kidneys a