https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2012.791

FISH AND SHELLFISH PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED BY "ETHNIC" MINI-MARKET: CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT TO CURRENT LEGISLATION

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2012)
Submitted: 3 January 2013
Accepted: 3 January 2013
Published: 8 August 2012
Ethnic minimarket, Fish and shellfish products, Term of sale
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I. Giorgi
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino., Italy.
E. Pavoletti
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino., Italy.
P. Arsieni
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino., Italy.
M. Prearo
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino., Italy.
The purpose of this study was to conduct an assessment on the quality and methods for marketing of fish products sold by ethnic minimarket. Has been inspected 20 supermarkets and buyed 60 fish and shellfish samples. The neatness of the rooms were evaluated during the shopping in the markets. Products purchased in the supermarket (about three samples for each shop) were brought in Ichthypathology laboratory of State Veterinary Institute of Piedmont, Liguria and Aosta Valley, in Turin. Were conducted in the laboratory the readings of the labels. The conditions of hygiene were poor, especially in supermarket freezers. Only 16 samples were labelled in accordance with current legislation. According to the results obtained, the products 'ethnic' distributed in the supermarkets visited, may be considered a potential risk to human health.

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Giorgi I, Pavoletti E, Arsieni P, Prearo M. FISH AND SHELLFISH PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED BY "ETHNIC" MINI-MARKET: CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT TO CURRENT LEGISLATION. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2012 Aug. 8 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];1(3):53-7. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2012.3.53

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