Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Gerardo Manfreda
Department of Agri-food Sciences and Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
E-mail: gerardo.manfreda@unibo.it | ORCID
Prof. Gerardo Manfreda obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1986 in Veterinary Medicine, and his PhD in Hygiene, Safety and Quality of Animal Productions at Alma Mater Studiorum - Bologna University, Italy. He is a Full Professor at the Department of Agricultural and Food Science of the University of Bologna, Italy, in Bacterial Traceability and Food Safety; Foodborne Risk Traceability; Hygiene and Inspection of Food Animal Origin; and Microbiological Risk Analysis and Traceability. He is also head of the Food Safety Laboratory at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences of the University of Bologna and coordinator and partner to the H2020, FP7, FP6, and FP5 European Projects in the field of biological risks. He has been an Italian representative of Working Group 4, “Monitoring Procedures, Rapid Detection Methods and Techniques” within COST Action 97 “Pathogenic Microorganism in Poultry and Eggs” and Working Group 2 “New and Emerging Foodborne Pathogens” within COST Action 920 “Foodborne Zoonosis: a Co-ordinated Food Chain Approach”. He published more than 150 scientific papers in different international food microbiology journals. His interests are more in the research field of food safety, particularly genetic characterization of antibiotic resistance to Salmonella, E. coli, and Campylobacter by using a molecular approach; the study of molecular mechanism of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella and Campylobacter by genotyping; comparison of virulence factors in campylobacter isolated from human cases and poultry products; use of sequencing analysis for foodborne bacteria in order to trace sources of infection; and application of, ribotyping and PFGE for genetic characterization of Salmonella enteritidis and typhimurium, Staphylococcus spp. Campylobacter, Listeria monocytogenes and Clostridium perfringens. His professional activities also include the reviewing of scientific manuscripts for high-impact journals such as Poultry Science, International Journal of Food Microbiology, Current Microbiology, Food Control, Veterinary Microbiology, Frontiers Microbiology, and Applied and Environmental Microbiology. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Italian Journal of Food Safety, as well as a member of the Poultry Science Association (PSA), the Italian Society of the Veterinary Sciences SISVet, the World Poultry Science Association, and the World Veterinary Poultry Association.
Vice Editors-in-Chief
Enrico Novelli
Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padua, Italy
E-mail: enrico.novelli@unipd.it | ORCID
Prof. Novelli graduated in Veterinary medicine (DVM) at the University of Parma in 1989. In 1990, he obtained his professional qualification in Veterinary Medicine, and in 1995, he obtained his Ph.D. in Hygiene, Chemistry and Technology of Foods at the University of Turin. He is a Full Professor at the Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova (Italy), Area 07/H2 Veterinary Pathology and Inspection of Food of Animal Origin, MVET02/B Inspection of Food of Animal Origin. His research interests and experience include: the study of the technological quality of pork used for processing into meat products of medium and long maturing time, the study of chemical oxidation of the lipid components and the protective effect of the antioxidants in the meat products, the analytical determination of the volatile compounds of meat products, the new formulations and use of ingredients alternative to fat for the manufacture of medium and long maturing sausages, the development of techniques of molecular biology for the determination of authenticity of food and feed, the new technologies aimed at implementing food hygiene and safety with particular attention to energy saving, the employment of agricultural by-products of oil mill in the manufacture of ripened meat products to control lipid oxidation and microbial growth, and the proximate composition analysis as a tool for evaluation of authenticity of foods and for the estimation of their nutritional value.
Alessandra De Cesare
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
E-mail: alessandra.decesare@unibo.it | ORCID
Alessandra De Cesare is an Associate Professor in Food Inspection and Safety of Foods of Animal Origin at the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences of the University of Bologna. She is currently teaching in the Master Degrees of Veterinary Medicine and Food Animal Metabolism and Management in the Circular Economy (FAMCE). She is and has been, involved in European projects addressing: (1) metagenomic sequencing of food-animal systems to investigate the microbiomes associated to human, animal and food systems (H2020 projects CIRCLES 818290, VEO 874735 and COMPARE 643476); (2) implementation of innovative teaching strategies for the next generation of professionals in the agri-food system (H2020 project NextFood 771738; Una Europa Projects Virtual Slaughterhouse VSS and NEXTVET); (3) categorization of ingredient combinations and preparation procedures improving safety of artisanal and RTE foods (PRIMA project ArtisaneFood and FP7 project STARTEC 289262); (4) fit for purpose sampling schemes for specific food/risk combinations (FP7 project BASELINE 222738). She is the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on topics related to food safety. She is a member of the EFSA BIOHAZ panel since October 2018, collaborates in the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA), and supports the EC in the evaluation of proposals for Horizon Europe. She is vice-editor in Chief of the Italian Journal of Food Safety.
Section Editors
Silvia Bonardi, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Parma, Italy
E-mail: silvia.bonardi@unipr.it | ORCID
Mauro Conter, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Parma, Italy
E-mail: mauro.conter@unipr.it | ORCID
Alessandra Dalmasso, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
E-mail: alessandra.dalmasso@unito.it | ORCID
Pier Luigi Di Ciccio, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
E-mail: pierluigialdo.diciccio@unito.it | ORCID
Teresa Gazzotti, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: teresa.gazzotti@unibo.it | ORCID
Sergio Ghidini, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
E-mail: sergio.ghidini@unimi.it | ORCID
Alessandro Giuffrida, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Messina, Italy
E-mail: agiuffrida@unime.it | ORCID
Raffaele Marrone, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
E-mail: raffaele.marrone@unina.it | ORCID
Andrea Serraino, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: andrea.serraino@unibo.it | ORCID
Olaug Taran Skjerdal, Norwegian Veterinary Institute (NVI), Oslo, Norway
E-mail: taran.skjerdal@dnv.com | ORCID
Antonio Valero Díaz, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Cordoba, Spain
E-mail: bt2vadia@uco.es | ORCID
Editorial Board Members
Aniello Anastasio, Department of Animal Sciences and Food Inspection, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
E-mail: anastasi@unina.it | ORCID
Cristina Bacci, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Parma, Italy
E-mail: cristina.bacci@unipr.it | ORCID
Cristian Bernardi, Department of Veterinary Sciences for Health, Animal Production and Food Safety, University of Milan, Italy
E-mail: cristian.bernardi@unimi.it | ORCID
Maria Teresa Bottero, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
E-mail: mariateresa.bottero@unito.it | ORCID
Raffaella Branciari, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy
E-mail: raffaella.branciari@unipg.it | ORCID
Beniamino T. Cenci Goga, Department of Biopathological Sciences and Hygiene of Animal and Food Production, University of Perugia, Italy
E-mail: beniamino.cencigoga@unipg.it | ORCID
Tiziana Civera, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
E-mail: tiziana.civera@unito.it | ORCID
Enrico Pietro Luigi De Santis, Department of Veterinary Medicine - Animal Origin Food Inspection Sector, University of Sassari, Italy
E-mail: desantis@uniss.it | ORCID
Maria José Figueras, Department of Basic Health Science, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
E-mail: mariajose.figueras@urv.cat | ORCID
Carlos M. Franco, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
E-mail: cfranco@sph.emory.edu
Giovanni Garippa, Department of Animal Biology, University of Sassari, Italy
E-mail: garippa@uniss.it | ORCID
Teresa Gazzotti, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: teresa.gazzotti@unibo.it | ORCID
Federica Giacometti, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: federica.giacometti3@unibo.it | ORCID
Luca Guardabassi, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Section of Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark
E-mail: lg@sund.ku.dk | ORCID
Valentina Indio, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: valentina.indio2@unibo.it | ORCID
Parthena Kotzekidou, Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Technology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
E-mail: kotzekid@agro.auth.gr | ORCID
Gaetano Liuzzo, Local Health Unit of Modena, Italy
E-mail: g.liuzzo@ausl.mo.it | ORCID
Giuseppe Merialdi, Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, Bologna, Italy
E-mail: giuseppe.merialdi@izsler.it | ORCID
Giampiero Pagliuca, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: giampiero.pagliuca@unibo.it | ORCID
Frederique Pasquali, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
E-mail: frederique.pasquali@unibo.it | ORCID
Francesca Piras, Department of Veterinary Medicine - Animal Origin Food Inspection Sector, University of Sassari, Italy
E-mail: fpiras@uniss.it | ORCID
Silvia Piva, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: silvia.piva@unibo.it | ORCID
David Ranucci, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy
E-mail: david.ranucci@unipg.it | ORCID
Federica Savini, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: federica.savini3@unibo.it | ORCID
Christian Scarano, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Italy
E-mail: scarano@uniss.it | ORCID
Giuseppina Marilia Tantillo, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
E-mail: giuseppina.tantillo@uniba.it | ORCID
Yari Vecchio, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
E-mail: yari.vecchio@unibo.it | ORCID
Vittorio Zambrini, Granarolo S.p.A., Bologna, Italy
E-mail: vittorio.zambrini@granarolo.it | ORCID
Emanuela Zanardi, Department of Food Science, University of Parma, Italy
E-mail: emanuela.zanardi@unipr.it | ORCID