DNA barcode authentication reveals highly fraudulent Cod commerce in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Through the DNA barcoding technique using the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (coI) mitochondrial gene, a high degree of fraudulent commerce of Cod (Bacalhau in Portuguese) was detected in the city of Porto Cookware Alegre, Brazil.Tested products included frozen and dried salted fish during the Easter period, the season with the highest Cod consumptio