Abstract:

Currently, meat adulteration issues occur frequently, and severely impact import and export trade, consumers’
rights and people’s health. The development of reliable and accurate testing methods has become a hot research topic
in many countries. The most reported meat authenticity detection techniques for meat products include microscopic
examination, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), liquid chromatography, tandem mass spectrometry and
polymerase chain reaction, based on the characteristics of morphology, metabolites, proteins and nucleic acids. This paper
reviews the progress in identification techniques for meat ingredients and their future trends are discussed.

Key words: meat products, authenticity, identification, detection technology