The link between pork rectum and frozen squid ring may have originated from an episode of This American Life, a US-based radio show. — Photo by Esperanza Doronila on Unsplash
KUALA LUMPUR: The Fisheries Department (DOF) has confirmed that no porcine (pig DNA) was detected in frozen squid ring samples as widely claimed on social media.
The department deputy director-general (Management) Mohd Sufian Sulaiman said the department through the laboratory of the Kuala Lumpur Fisheries Biosecurity Centre had carried out a porcine analysis on the squid ring samples.
