Though data regarding mislabeled meat in the US have not been
published (Anonymous, 2015a), recent analysis of the meat industry
in Europe has identified inaccurate or fraudulent labeling of beefbased
products contaminated to varying degrees with horse and pig
meat, where pork-specific DNA was identified in 85% of beef samples
tested (Regenstein, Chaudry, & Regenstein, 2003). A parallel study in
South Africa analyzing processed meat products using both ELISA and