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Vol. 1 No. 1zero (2011)
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2011.874

POLYCICLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION IN WELS CATFISH (SILURUS GLANIS) CAUGHT IN THE PO RIVER BASIN

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Received: 4 January 2013
Published: 8 January 2011
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IPA contamination, Silurus glanis, Po river

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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.
B. Vivaldi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino, Italy.
M.C. Abete
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino, Italy.
G. Ottonello
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino, Italy.
S. Squadrone
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino, Italy.
F. Tarchino
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino, Italy.
S. Guarise
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d’Aosta, Via Bologna, 148 - 10154 Torino, Italy.
G. Forneris
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.
Aim of this investigation was to evaluate IPA contamination in samples of Silurus glanis caught in Po river. N. 54 muscle samples were collected and analyzed. Five samples exceeded the maximum limit set by CE Regulation 1881/2006 for Benzo(a)pirene. Therefore, 10% of Silurus fished turned out to be not adequate and potentially harmful for consumers. In order to estimate the real risk for human health it is necessary to enforce this study, correlating the results with the effective fish consumption.

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POLYCICLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATION IN WELS CATFISH (SILURUS GLANIS) CAUGHT IN THE PO RIVER BASIN. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 8 [cited 2026 May 15];1(1zero):251-2. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2011.1S.251

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