Ekstrakcija in čiščenje DNA se izvedeta bodisi s konvencionalnimi postopki [14], standardiziranimi diagnostičnimi kompleti (princip: razkroj vzorca mesa v liznem pufru, ki vsebuje surfaktante, detergente in proteinazo K, nanos razkrojenega vzorca na nosilec, ki veže DNA, z večkratnim spiranjem odstranitev sestavin, ki niso DNA, in končno elucija prečiščene DNA v vodi ali pufru z nizko vsebnostjo soli), ali ekstrakcija DNA v raztopini natrijevega hidroksida .
DNA extraction and purification has to be accomplished by either using conventional procedures(3), ready-to-use kits (based on the principle: solubilisation of the meat sample in lysis buffer which contain surfactants, detergents and proteinase K, application of the solubilised sample to a DNA-binding resin, removal of non-DNA compounds by repeated washing steps, and finally elution of purified DNA in water or low-salt buffer), or extracting the DNA in sodium hydroxide solution.