54 Fleischwirtschaft <strong>international</strong> 1_<strong>2017</strong> Research &Development Outlook Standardised techniques are available for differentiating mammal, fish and crustacean species. The techniques are primarilyqualitative in character.Inmixtures the detection limits are approx. 0.1to1%. Methods that include differentiation by means of conventional sequence analysis allow abroad species differentiation. However, these methods are less suitable for differentiation in mixtures. There have been some developments here in the field of NGS in recent years that will allow the use of NGS methods for analysing mixed samples in routine work as well in future. Accordinglysome service laboratories are already offering this analysis method. For screening of abroader spectrum of animal species, acommercial system on the basis of aDNA chip is also suitable. LC-MS/MS methods for animal species differentiation have not yet been adopted in routine analysis, but they certainlyhave potential for this. Further developments in this field remain to be awaited, and the same applies for Digital PCR (ddPCR). The techniques of animal species determination via multiplex realtime PCR now included in the Official Collection can be used, especially with suitable matrix calibrators, in asemi-quantitative manner as well and thus for separating unavoidable trace contamination (
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Pöpping, R. Reiting, U. Schroeder, F. Schwägele, M.G. Weller and J. Zagon, Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Freiburg, Bissierstr.5,79114 Freiburg, Germany University of Georgia Support for SA poultry farmers Mike Lacy, professor emeritus and former head of the University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science located at Athens, Georgia, USA, has been tapped by the U.S. Department of State to help train agricultural extension agents in South Africa and to provide support to poultry farmers there. Lacy, who retired from UGA in 2016,will travel to South Africa in Mike Lacy is aprofessor emeritus and retired department head of the University of Georgia Department of Poultry Science. February <strong>2017</strong> as part of the Department of State’sFulbright Specialist Program, asponsored exchange program for academics and professionals. He worked in UGA Cooperative Extension poultry housing research for many years before entering administration. He led outreach trips to African countries throughout his career.Inaddition to assisting fledgling poultry industries, teams from UGA poultry science worked to build the capacity for rural, smallholder farmers, many of whom are women, to manage small-scale poultry flocks. Lacy will work with the World Poultry Foundation and the KwaZulu-Natal Poultry Institute to provide assistance to historically disadvantaged poultry producers who have faced significant production constraints due to high feed costs, absence of disease control and asevere lack of educational resources. //www.uga.edu Zhejiang Gongshang University Consortium to boost food science in China Five universities have joined forces to establish ajoint knowledge base for <strong>international</strong> food companies to access the Chinese market, and promote their food science and nutrition work in the country. Massey University in New Zealand, through the Riddet Institute Centre of Research Excellence, has signed aMemorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The University of Leeds, United Kingdom, Wageningen University and Research, the Netherlands and Zhejiang Gongshang University, China, creating anew International Consortium in food science and nutrition. Professor Harjinder Singh, Co- Director of Riddet Institute and Director of the Massey Institute of Food Science and Technology led the Massey delegation to China. “This <strong>international</strong> consortium will provide an excellent platform for our staff and students to enhance research capability and capacity at different universities. The combined expertise of the four highly ranked universities in food science will be attractive to <strong>international</strong> food industry and will bring in new partnerships and funding,” he said. The MOU is aformalisation of the four universities in order to provide consistency, and afocal point for the preparation and administration of the Consortium for collaboration and cooperation. //www.zjgsu.edu.cn The Zhejiang Gongshang University is Chinas most traditional business school.