Collaborative ring trial of two real-time PCR assays for the detection of porcine- and chicken-derived material in meat products

PLoS One. 2018 Oct 29;13(10):e0206609. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206609. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

In this study, we describe an inter-laboratory collaborative ring trial validation of species-specific TaqMan real-time PCR assays for the detection of porcine- and chicken-derived materials in meat products. We comprehensively evaluated the performance of these assays in different environments and situations. This validation included the participation of thirteen laboratories across Europe and Asia. The results from the thirteen participating laboratories were analyzed to determine the specificity, accuracy, false positive rate, limit of detection (LOD), and probability of detection (POD) of the developed methods. These results indicated that the methods developed to detect porcine- and chicken-derived materials in meat products are robust and repeatable. The false positive and false negative rates were both 0%, and the LOD was determined to be five copies/reaction. The laboratory standard deviation (σL) was 0.30 for both detection methods, indicating that the developed methods are suitable for detection and identification of the porcine- and chicken-derived materials in meat products.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens / genetics
  • False Negative Reactions
  • False Positive Reactions
  • Limit of Detection
  • Meat Products / analysis*
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Swine / genetics

Grants and funding

Financial support from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC1601700), Shanghai Entry-Exit Food and Feed Safety Special Technology Service Platform Fund (17DZ2293700), Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Standard Special Fund (16DZ0501501), Shanghai Science and Technology Commission Joint Science and Technology Project of the Yangtze River Delta, China Postdoctoral Research Fund (2017M611628) and Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of Science and Technology Plan Projects Fund (HK008-2017) are acknowledged with thanks. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.