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Wednesday 3 December 2014

Pulsar device detects if beef is actually a horse (meat) of a different color

Pulsar uses nuclear magnetic resonance to differentiate between horse meat and beef


Although eating horse meat is normal in many parts of the world, in other places, such as Britain, it rates almost on the same level as eating the family dog. So when it was discovered last year that horse meat was being passed off as beef, it literally put a lot of people off their dinner. To prevent a repeat of the episode, the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in Norwich and Oxford Instruments have developed a portable detector that can differentiate between horse meat and beef in about 10 minutes, yet is inexpensive and simple to use... Continue Reading Pulsar device detects if beef is actually a horse (meat) of a different color



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