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FEATURES
DNA barcoding brought botanist Steven Newmaster
scientific fame and entrepreneurial success. Was it all based on fraud?
FAILING THE TEST
Almost overnight, a 2013 paper made Steven Newmaster an expert on the verification of food and supplements.
By Charles Piller