The company's laboratory in Nantes, France, has come up with the new methodology that uses mitochondrial DNA targets for detection at low thresholds (0.1%).
Having a short turnaround time of five days, the chip technology is said to find 21 types of animal species, such as horsemeat in beef or ruminants in animal feed.
Eurofins said that the method has been specifically developed for meat and processed food, as well as animal feed and pet food.
"With this new qualitative test, Eurofins provides unparalleled testing services for a wide range of species identification, including species-specific PCR to detect one particular species and other semi-quantitative tests to determine the proportions of the species contained in the product," it added.
The new model of testing is expected to help the food manufacturers ensure that the products are complying with relevant regulations, consistent with the claims on the label, and are free of undesired species.
Eurofins operates a global network of food testing laboratories and competence centers that perform more than 100 million assays annually to establish the safety, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of food.
