Journal
MEAT SCIENCE
Volume 165, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108113
Keywords
Geographical origin; Yak meat; Stable isotopes; Product of geographical indication
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- Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) for the National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFE0110800]
- European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program [727864]
- China Postdoctoral Foundation [2019M662113]
- Open Project Program of National Engineering Laboratory for Agri-product Quality Traceability [AQT-2019-YB6]
- Special Fund of Discipline Construction for Traceability of Agricultural Product, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2019)
- H2020 Societal Challenges Programme [727864] Funding Source: H2020 Societal Challenges Programme
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High-value yak meat from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was investigated using stable isotopes (delta C-13, delta H-2, delta O-18, delta N-15 and delta S-34) to identify attributes which could verify and protect its geographical origin. Supervised PLS-DA was applied to the isotope data to discriminate four geographical locations. delta C-13, delta H-2, and delta O-18 values showed significant differences according to origin while delta N-15 and delta S-34 values did not show any change across the different regions. Isotope values of different body tissues from the same animal showed no statistical difference for the five stable isotopes. In addition, the delta H-2 and delta O-18 values of defatted yak meat was highly correlated to farm altitude and associated drinking water. This yak meat traceability method is particularly useful to protect the Product of Geographical Indication (PGI) status of Gannan yak meat and verify the farming origin of yak meat sold in markets for food safety purposes, especially when excessive hormones, pesticides or heavy metals are found.
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