Beef DNA verifying system developed at Trinity College
Superquinn is the only supermarket in the world to guarantee the absolute traceability of all its beef from pasture to plate using a DNA system, the supermarket chain has said.
The company uses a system called "TraceBack", which was developed at Trinity College, Dublin by IdentiGento to ensure its Irish Beef can be traced using DNA testing back to the farm of origin.
The tracing system works using the precision of DNA technology, "reading" each animal's DNA code to make it easy to identify not only the farm the animal has come from, but the actual animal of origin as well.
The scheme allows the grocery operation to audit and inspect the paper systems and the wider quality systems the company has in place.
