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Test: Bone in soup

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Test Type: Food and Beverages

Case Study: Bone in soup

 

While eating a can of chili a woman found a small fragment of material.  It was submitted for analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy at which time it was determined to be a bone fragment. In the picture at right can be seen the vessels that carry blood through the bone.  The fragment was later identified as bovine.

Bovine Bone Fragment Calcite fragment from cement that was found in pasta at a restaurant



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