Japan and Brunei develops pork detection kit from Halal meat

The Brunei Department of Agriculture and Agrifood (DAA) has been working with a Japanese company, Tanaka Kikinzoku Group, to develop a kit to detect pork from other meat.

Tests were conducted earlier on meat samples to verify if it was pork or contained pork ingredients.

During the tests, all sticks that were swabbed on meat samples showed two red stripes after being dipped inside special water for 10 minutes, which proved that the meat was pork.

The strips will soon be used by officials in Brunei to conduct checks on food that are suspected to contain pork.

The main objective of the demonstration was to show the public the new and convenient method to verify if the meat is pork or not.

DAA has been working closely with Tanaka for over a year on the development of the test kit. Tanaka Japan said it supports the launch of the test kit in the halal market.