SBIR/STTR Research Award
Species Identification of Canned Crabmeat by a Discriminating PCR-Based Diagnostic
Award amount
$296,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- APL Sciences, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Due to its high cost, popularity and demand, Atlantic blue crab meat is susceptible to substitution using less valuable, imported crab species. There are no diagnostic tests available to distinguish pasteurized crab meat samples. The purpose of this project is to develop, validate, standardize, and commercialize a discriminating PCR-based diagnostic to identify crab meat species at the DNA level.
Technology keywords
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