Swab in hand, Rena Shimizu lightly scraped a sample from a salmon fillet, dipped the swab in a tube of liquid and gently swirled it before setting it aside to briefly incubate at the Baltimore lab.
After a few more steps, the research scientist for InstantLabs inserted a vial with the fish's DNA into a small cartridge and snapped that into a portable device the size of a printer.
The machine, developed by the Baltimore-based diagnostic device company, can identify species of salmon, crab and other fish through DNA testing. It can determine the presence of pork or horse meat. It can detect E. coli, salmonella and other pathogens in numerous foods. Equipped with a touch screen, it can email or print out results — in less than two hours.
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