Members of the Korean Dog Meat Association protest during a rally against the South Korean government's dog meat policy on Aug 1. - Photo: EPA-EFE
SEOUL: The Seoul Metropolitan Government said on Wednesday (Aug 14) that it has developed a diagnostic test to identify dog meat, with a recently passed ban on dog-sourced meat that is set to take effect in 2027.
The test kit uses polymerase chain reaction to identify dog DNA in meat, and has been developed by Seoul’s Research Institute of Public Health and Environment in June.
