FDA's SCALE Program Awarded for Use of DNA Testing in Combatting Fish Fraud
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] June 29, 2015
The US Departement of Health and Human Serivices (HHS) has awarded the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Fish Seafood Compliance and Labeling Enforcement (SCALE) for its success in integrating forensic science as a way of combating seafood fraud and mislabeling is paying off.
The HHS Innovates Awards was give to the SCALE program for its outstanding success with DNA testing. The program’s educational component is also winning praise, while the combined effort is being called “state-of-the-art.”
Project Fish SCALE is one of seven HHS projects to receive this annual award but is the only FDA program recognized...
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