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irishtimes.com - Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 21:08

ALISON HEALY, Food and Farming Correspondent

The presence of horse DNA has been found in more than one third of beef burger products tested in a study by the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. Pig DNA was found in 85 per cent of the beef burgers tested.

The Food Safety Authority (FSAI) said it conducted the study to examine the authenticity of a number of beef burger, beef meal and salami products available in retail outlets.

Of the 27 beef burger products analysed, ten, or 37 per cent, tested positive for horse DNA. The beef burger products which tested positive for horse DNA were produced by two Irish plants, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods and by Dalepak Hambleton in the UK.

They were on sale in Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland.

The level of horse DNA in a Tesco Everyday Beef Burger indicated that horsemeat accounted for approximately 29 per cent relative to the beef content. In the other nine beef burger samples, horse DNA was found at very low levels.

The samples were taken from: Aldis Oakhurst Beef Burgers; St Bernard Beef Burgers and Flamehouse Chargrilled Quarter Pounders from Dunnes Stores; Lidls Moordale Beef Burgers, Moordale Ultimate Beef Burgers and Moordale Quarter Pounders; Tescos Beef Quarter Pounders; and Iceland Quarter Pounders.

Some 23 beef burger products, or 85 per cent, tested positive for pig DNA. Some 31 beef meal products such as cottage pie, beef curry pie and lasagne were also analysed and 21 were positive for pig DNA. No traces of horse DNA were found in these products.

All 19 salami products analysed tested negative for horse DNA. Traces of horse DNA were also detected in batches of raw ingredients, including some imported from the Netherlands and Spain.

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ALBANY, New York, January 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

New Report Added in ResearchMoz Reports Database Global DNA Sequencing Products Market 2012-2016

ResearchMoz announces that it has published a new study Global DNA Sequencing Products Market 2012-2016.

TechNavio's analysts forecast the Global DNA Sequencing Products market to grow at a CAGR of 18.48 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the introduction of whole genome sequencing. The Global DNA Sequencing Products market has also been witnessing an increase in the number of DNA sequencing projects. However, the low adoption of genomic technology could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.

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TechNavio's report, the Global DNA Sequencing Products Market 2012-2016, has been prepared based on an in-depth analysis of the market with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the Americas, and the EMEA and APAC regions; it also covers the Global DNA Sequencing Products market landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

The key vendors dominating this market space are Agilent Technologies Inc., Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Illumina Inc., and Pacific Biosciences of California Inc.

The other vendors mentioned in the report are Genia Corp., International Business Machines Corp., Knome Inc., Life Technologies Corp., Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd., and RainDance Technologies Inc.

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16 January 2013 Last updated at 08:26 ET

Police have apologised to a gay man who was forced to give a DNA sample for a national database under new powers for investigating historical crimes.

Former soldier Stephen Close, 50, from Salford, said the sample was taken because of a 30-year-old conviction for having consensual sex with another man.

However, the law under which Mr Close was convicted is no longer in force.

Greater Manchester Police said the decision to take the sample had been made without "proper consideration".

The sample had now been destroyed, the force added.

The force said it was also reviewing decisions to demand DNA samples from other people as part of an operation to gain more information about historical offenders.

Mr Close was convicted of gross indecency in 1983 because he had sex with another soldier when both men were under 21, which was the age of consent at the time.

Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said: "Following a full review of all the circumstances Greater Manchester Police has decided to destroy DNA samples taken from Mr Stephen Close.

I am very conscious of the very personal and sensitive issues raised by Mr Close in relation to his own case

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