AFLP markers for meat traceability of cattle in the Chinese market

Traceability can play an important role in preventing food fraud, reducing food risk, and increasing consumer's confidence in food safety. In this study, an amplified fragment length polymorphism procedure was used to identify 89 individuals from the most representative cattle breeds present in the Chinese market. Eight pairs of combined primers were obtained, which were E04M06, E04M44, E04M49, E33M48, E33M49, E39M06, E39M44, and E39M49. These eight primers produced a total of 1095 polymorphic fragments, and each one of the primers could successfully distinguish all the test individuals and the six breeds assessed.