Technologies in individual animal identification and meat products traceability

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Table 1. Summary of the recent literature on the use of RFID tag, DNA fingerprinting for individual animal identification and breed information confirmation.

Technology	Purpose	Reference
RFID, networking and database technologies	Monitor cattle individual and built up an end-to-end tracking system	[41]
RFID, PDA and barcode printer	Acquire real-time, accurate and high efficiency data of acquisition and transmission across the cattle/beef supply chain	[38]
RFID, QR code, and NFC technologies	Develope a comprehensive traceability system to realise a whole-course supervision of meat product supply chain	[42]
RFID and GPRS system	Ensure the safety of Halal food	[43]
SSR markers	Assess a genetic traceability system in six cattle breeds of Italy	[55]
SSR markers	Conduct individual identification and meat traceability for six common breeds of beef cattle in China	[56]
SNP markers	Differentiate cattle individuals including Korean native breed Hanwoo and other breeds	[57]
SNP markers	Identify cattle individuals and for meat traceability of Halal beef	[58]
SNP markers	Verify the origins of lamb in Northwest and East of China	[59]
SSR markers	Discriminate Chinese yellow cattle beef breed from seven foreign breeds	[60]
SSR markers	Determine the origin of beef products among cattle breeds present in the Portuguese market with the Protected Denomination of Origin	[61]
SNP markers	Differentiate 21 sheep populations in five different geographic areas	[62]

Table 2. Summary of the recent literature on the use of stable isotope ratios fingerprint, mineral element fingerprint and organic component fingerprint for meat product traceability.

Technology	Parameters measured	Purpose	Reference
Stable isotope analysis	^13C/^12C, ^2H/^1H	Distinguish beef from the USA, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and Korea	[71]
Stable isotope analysis	^13C/^12C, ^18O/^16O	Analyze the production areas from local and imported beef in Korea	[72]
Stable isotope analysis	^13C/^12C, ^15N/^14N,^18O/^16O	Verify the geographical origins of beef in China	[73]
Stable isotope analysis	^13C/^12C, ^15N/^14N,^2H/^1H, ^18O/^16O	Investigate the geographical origin of Chinese beef	[74]
Mineral element analysis	B, Ca, Cd, Cu, Dy, Eu, Ga, Li, Ni, Pd, Rb, Sr, Te, Tl, Tm, V, Yb and Zn	Differentiate dried beef from different countries	[81]
Mineral element analysis	Be, Na, Al, Ca, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Ag, Sb, Ba, Tl, Pb, Th and U	Authenticate the mutton samples from five major mutton-producing regions in China	[82]
Stable isotope and mineral element analysis	^13C/^12C, ^15N/^14N, Na, Mg, K, Ca, Ti, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Se, Rb, Sr, Zr, Mo and Ba	Classify beef samples from various provinces in China	[83]
Organic component analysis	n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids	Differentiate the mutton from four regions in England	[87]
Organic component analysis	fatty acid	Differentiate the beef samples from four areas in China	[88]

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