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BEIJING: Thousands of children have been reunited with their parents thanks to a ground-breaking national DNA database, a leading figure in the fight against trafficking said.

More than 2,300 youngsters, who were abducted, sold or reported missing, have been able to track their blood relatives, Chen Shiqu, director of the Ministry of Public Securitys human trafficking task force, said in an interview.

When police rescue abducted children or find vagrant youths, they immediately take blood samples for DNA sampling, he said.

The exact number of entries in the database is unknown, but since its launch in April 2009 it has matched 2,348 children with their biological parents.

Last year, it helped reunite 521 families. It is especially efficient in helping parents and children who have been separated for years to find each other, he said.

The system quickly compares DNA samples from both parents and children and can be accessed by police nationally.

Years of separation can change many things, especially a childs physical appearance, he said.

The DNA database allows for an almost immediate identification.

In November 2011, Gan Liang, who was abducted when he was three from Guizhou province in 1988, was reunited with his mother after 25 years, Guizhou Metropolitan Daily reported.

The mother submitted a blood sample in 2010 through Baby Back Home, an NGO devoted to helping parents find lost children. Her son did the same in September 2011 at a police station in Shandong province.

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* British food, Irish beef industry rocked by scandal

* Dublin says Polish ingredient contains 20 pct horse DNA

DUBLIN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Beef containing horse DNA that was supplied by an Irish company to major food companies like Tesco (Other OTC: TSCDY - news) originated in Poland, Ireland (OTC BB: IRLD - news) 's agriculture department said on Saturday.

The British food industry has been rocked by the revelation retailers sold beef products that contained horse DNA, a scandal that has also left Ireland's 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) beef industry reeling from the knock-on effects.

Results of tests showed that Polish ingredients used by Irish burger manufacturer Silvercrest contained 4.1 percent horse DNA, the agriculture department in a statement.

It said further tests of the Polish ingredient concerned showed up to 20 percent horse DNA content relative to beef, confirming the raw material from Poland to be the source of equine DNA content in certain burgers.

Tests on samples taken from Irish food ingredients were negative for equine DNA and agriculture minister Simon Coveney said the results maintained the integrity of Irish food production.

Burger King, one of the most popular fast-food chains in Britain and Ireland, said on Thursday it had stopped using Silvercrest's products. There was no horse DNA found in products sold by Burger King.

Smaller retail chains Aldi, Lidl and Iceland have also sold beef products found to contain horse DNA.

Silvercrest's parent company ABP Foods reiterated the plant had never knowingly sold equine products and that it would appoint a new management team, independently audit third party suppliers and source all future raw material from Britain and Ireland.

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UPDATE 1-Ireland says horse DNA in its burgers came from Poland

(Corrects to show horse DNA not found in products supplied to Burger King)

DUBLIN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Beef containing horse DNA that was supplied by an Irish company to major food companies like Tesco (Other OTC: TSCDY - news) originated in Poland, Ireland (OTC BB: IRLD - news) 's agriculture department said on Saturday.

The British food industry has been rocked by the revelation retailers sold beef products that contained horse DNA, a scandal that has also left Ireland's 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) beef industry reeling from the knock-on effects.

Results of tests showed that Polish ingredients used by Irish burger manufacturer Silvercrest contained 4.1 percent horse DNA, the agriculture department in a statement.

It said tests on samples taken from Irish food ingredients were negative for equine DNA and agriculture minister Simon Coveney said the results maintained the integrity of Irish food production.

Burger King, one of the most popular fast-food chains in Britain and Ireland, said on Thursday it had stopped using Silvercrest's products. There was no horse DNA found in products sold by Burger King.

Smaller retail chains Aldi, Lidl and Iceland have also sold beef products found to contain horse DNA.

Silvercrest's parent company ABP Foods reiterated the plant had never knowingly sold equine products and that it would appoint a new management team, independently audit third party suppliers and source all future raw material from Britain and Ireland.

Tesco, which withdrew from sale all products supplied by Silvercrest, said in a statement that the source of horse DNA identified by the department correlated with the results of its own investigations at the plant.

Food safety experts say horse DNA poses no added health risks to consumers, but the discovery has raised concerns about the food supply chain and the ability to trace meat ingredients. (Reporting by Padraic Halpin; Editing by Jason Webb)

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CORRECTED-Ireland says horse DNA in its burgers came from Poland

DNA discovered on a pair of metal shears left on the roof of a burglarized seafood market in Quincy led police to a jailed repeat robber who is now charged with stealing cash from the market.

Quincy Police Lt. John Steele told the Patriot Ledger that Michael Guarniere was serving time on a robbery conviction at the Dedham jail when police obtained a warrant for his arrest.

Police believe the 55-year-old robbed Burkes Seafood on Billings Road on Jan. 29 of last year by breaking in through a skylight. The break-in occurred at 9 a.m. on a day the store was closed for vacation.

Steele said Guarniere appeared to have drilled out screws in the skylight and also used metal shears to gain entry. The shears were left behind and found by detectives. A state crime lab determined human oils on the tools were a DNA match for Guarniere, Steele said.

Steele said Guarniere set off a motion alarm when he went through the skylight into the seafood market and left through a door that police found unlocked. Guarniere allegedly stole $75 from the market.

Based on the DNA match, police obtained a warrant for Guarnieres arrest, and later found he was already in the Norfolk County jail on a different robbery charge. Guarniere was due to be released in February, Steele said.

Guarniere, who told police he lives in Bourne, will be arraigned in Quincy District Court on the Burkes Seafood robbery case. He will be charged with breaking and entering during the day to commit a felony, malicious destruction of property valued over $250, and larceny under $250.

Steele said police believe Guarniere worked alone in the robberies.

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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Beef containing horse DNA that was supplied by an Irish company to major food companies like Tesco originated in Poland, Ireland's agriculture department said on Saturday.

The British food industry has been rocked by the revelation retailers sold beef products that contained horse DNA, a scandal that has also left Ireland's 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) beef industry reeling from the knock-on effects.

Results of tests showed that Polish ingredients used by Irish burger manufacturer Silvercrest contained 4.1 percent horse DNA, the agriculture department in a statement.

It said further tests of the Polish ingredient concerned showed up to 20 percent horse DNA content relative to beef, confirming the raw material from Poland to be the source of equine DNA content in certain burgers.

Tests on samples taken from Irish food ingredients were negative for equine DNA and agriculture minister Simon Coveney said the results maintained the integrity of Irish food production.

Burger King, one of the most popular fast-food chains in Britain and Ireland, said on Thursday it had stopped using Silvercrest's products. There was no horse DNA found in products sold by Burger King.

Smaller retail chains Aldi, Lidl and Iceland have also sold beef products found to contain horse DNA.

Silvercrest's parent company ABP Foods reiterated the plant had never knowingly sold equine products and that it would appoint a new management team, independently audit third party suppliers and source all future raw material from Britain and Ireland.

Tesco, which withdrew from sale all products supplied by Silvercrest, said in a statement that the source of horse DNA identified by the department correlated with the results of its own investigations at the plant.

Food safety experts say horse DNA poses no added health risks to consumers, but the discovery has raised concerns about the food supply chain and the ability to trace meat ingredients.

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