Patent 7344866 was granted and assigned to Nisshin Seifun Group on March, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for detecting the presence/absence of a specific substance in foods by performing PCR using primers which are designed on the basis of data obtained from a part of a gene of the specific substance. This method is highly useful in detecting a trace component contained in a food or identifying a specific harmful allergen.