High Schoolers Give Hot Dog A DNA Test (amongst other things)

This was done several years ago by another team of HS kids. The fact that nobody has upped any inspection requirements and food safety still seems to be pretty much of a joke, I am concerned.

PCR testing and data bases have gotten waaay better in just a few years so we could be uncovering the mysteries of food production as routine testing. Sheep milk cheese (like brie) is being passed off by some (probably) highly processed double cream cow cheese is a crime.

The technique, applied to species and higher is presently under huge debate as to whether its even a correct methodology . Species are polyphyletic (they have many associated ancestors in their NATURAL evolution) This technique cant account ofr that. ASo cows and sheep may have closer affinities than one DNA (PCR) test can give.
Im sure these kids didnt have huge dollars to do mega repeat samples of that dead cockroach that they are calling a nedw species.