Portable device can test for porcine DNA within an hour


UPM's Halal Products Research Institute deputy director Prof Dr Shuhaimi Mustafa showing how the device works.

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian innovation to detect pig DNA is set to make waves in the global halal industry.

The portable GeneStat device makes use of the HaFYS Porcine DNA Detection Assay system, developed by a team from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to detect traces of porcine DNA in food samples.

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