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  Identification and quantification of potential microplastics in shellfish harvested in Sardinia (Italy) by using transillumination stereomicroscopy

  Giuseppa Lorenzoni, Rita Melillo, Alessandro Graziano Mudadu, Gabriella Piras, Simona Cau, Katia Usai, Luisa Corda, Sara Salza, Tiziana Tedde, Bruna Vodret, Sebastiano Virgilio, Domenico Meloni

  05-12-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2022.10738

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  Preliminary survey on the occurrence of microplastics in bivalve mollusks marketed in Apulian fish markets

  Nicoletta Cristiana Quaglia, Flavia Capuozzo, Edmondo Ceci, Stefania Cometa, Angela Di Pinto, Anna Mottola, Roberta Piredda, Angela Dambrosio

  08-06-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2023.10906

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• Monitoring of bivalve mollusk harvesting areas: the relevance of Salmonella spp.

  Cesare Ciccarelli, Angela Marisa Semeraro, Vittoria Di Trani, Guglielmo D’Aurizio, Giuliana Blasi, Melina Leinoudi, Cristina De Simoni, Elena Ciccarelli

  15-03-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.12142

  2325

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• Doctors in the kitchen: standardization of a home cooking method for Chamelea gallina and Mytilus galloprovincialis to eliminate microbiological risk

  Giulia Talevi, Gabriele Angelico, Sara Nardi, Stefania Di Lullo, Elena Rocchegiani, Federico Piangerelli, Francesca Barchiesi, Francesca Leoni, Diego Maiolatesi, Andrea Antognini, Cinzia Spinsanti, Caterina Baldi, Silvia Pieralisi, Donatella Ottaviani

  04-08-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2025.14011

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• Analysis of the original notifications in the Tuscany region “Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed” in the seven-year period 2015-2021

  Alice Giusti, Marta Galgani, Filippo Barontini, Emanuela Balocchini, Carlo D’Ascenzi, Andrea Armani

  04-04-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.12341

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• Detection of pathogenic Vibrio spp. in foods: polymerase chain reaction-based screening strategy to rapidly detect pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio cholerae, and Vibrio vulnificus in bivalve mollusks and preliminary results

  Orlandina Di Maro, Yolande T.R. Proroga, Silvia Castellano, Anna Balestrieri, Federico Capuano, Enrico Arletti, Michelangelo Vietina, Melissa Bizzarri, Nicoletta Murru, Maria Francesca Peruzy, Daniela Cristiano

  26-02-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.11635

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• Model development and initial characterization of Escherichia coli in the shellfish-producing area of Butrinti Lagoon

  Renis Maçi, Fatmira Shehu, Enton Spaho, Bizena Bijo

  22-01-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.12105

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  Evaluating Escherichia coli contamination in bivalve mollusks using the impedance method: a comparison with most probable number analyses and correlation with environmental parameters

  Sarah Currò, Luca Fasolato, Stefania Balzan, Giacomo Biziato, Francesco Paesanti, Luca Bargelloni, Barbara Cardazzo, Enrico Novelli

  08-06-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2023.11103

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  Detection of Arcobacter spp. in food products collected from Sicilia region: A preliminary study

  Anna Maria Di Noto, Sonia Sciortino, Cinzia Cardamone, Cosimo Ciravolo, Concetta Napoli, Vincenzina Alio, Pietro Arculeo, Giuseppa Oliveri, Antonella Costa

  03-07-2018

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2018.7171

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  Occurrence of trace elements in Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819) from an experimental pilot farm in the Calich Lagoon (Sardinia, Italy)

  Domenico Meloni, Alessandro Graziano Mudadu , Maria Cesarina Abete, Anna Maria Bazzoni, Alessandra Griglione, Sabina Pederiva, Caterina Stella, Simonetto Serra, Nicola Fois, Giuseppe Esposito, Stefania Squadrone

  24-02-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2022.9970

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  Enumeration of Escherichia coli and determination of Salmonella spp. and verotoxigenic Escherichia coli in shellfish (Mytilus galloprovincialis and Ruditapes decussatus) harvested in Sardinia, Italy

  Sonia Lamon, Francesca Piras, Domenico Meloni, Vanessa Agus, Gabriella Porcheddu, Margherita Pes, Maria Giovanna Cambula, Giuseppe Esposito, Federica Fois, Simonetta Gianna Consolati, Anna Mureddu

  03-12-2020

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2020.8625

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• P22 | Marketing practices for bivalve mollusks in the Campania Region: between legal compliance and tradition Y.T.R. Proroga¹, G. Colarusso², A. Balestrieri¹, M. Della Rotonda³, F. Garofalo¹ | ¹Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Dipartimento Coordinamento di Sicurezza Alimentare, Portici (NA); ²Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Dipartimento Coordinamento di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Portici (NA); ³Regione Campania, UOD Prevenzione e sanità pubblica veterinaria, Napoli, Italy

  Francesca Garofalo

  09-09-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2025.14405

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• P02 | Bacteria isolated from edible bivalve mollusks in the Adriatic Sea with potential for biodegradation of microplastics S. Di Lullo, S. Pieralisi, D. Maiolatesi, G. Angelico, G. Talevi, S. Nardi, F. Leoni, F. Barchiesi, E. Rocchegiani, S. Fisichella, D. Ottaviani | Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Ancona, Italy.

  Donatella Ottaviani

  09-09-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2025.14385

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  Algal blooms of Alexandrium spp. and Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxicity events in mussels farmed in Sicily

  Antonella Costa, Vincenzina Alio, Sonia Sciortino, Luisa Nicastro, Monica Cangini, Fiorella Pino, Irene Servadei, Angelo La Vignera, Gianluca Fortino, Salvatore Monaco, Sonia Dall'Ara

  25-03-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2021.9062

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  Determination of phytoplankton in water samples, algal biotoxins, microbiological parameters and microplastics in Mediterranean mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819) from an experimental pilot farm in the Calich Lagoon (Sardinia, Italy)

  Alessandro Graziano Mudadu, Anna Maria Bazzoni, Rita Melillo, Giuseppa Lorenzoni, Gabriella Piras, Sara Salza, Simona Cau, Barbara Soro, Bruna Vodret, Tiziana Tedde, Nicola Fois, Simonetto Serra, Sebastiano Virgilio, Domenico Meloni

  25-02-2022

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2022.9973

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• Impact of volcanic eruptions on heavy metal contamination in the food chain

  Samuele Pulze, Noemi Presti, Aniello Anastasio

  06-08-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2025.13517

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  Investigation into Cryptosporidium and Giardia in bivalve mollusks farmed in Sardinia region and destined for human consumption

  Tiziana Tedde, Gabriella Piras, Sara Salza, Rosa Maria Nives, Giovanna Sanna, Sebastiana Tola, Jacopo Culurgioni, Cristina Piras, Paolo Merella, Giovanni Garippa, Sebastiano Virgilio

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  10-06-2013

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2013.998

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• Antibiotic residues and heavy metals in blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) fished in the Mediterranean Sea: a preliminary study

  Alessio Manfredi, Patrizio Lorusso, Annamaria Pandiscia, Elisabetta Bonerba, Edmondo Ceci, Giancarlo Bozzo, Domenico Cristofaro, Valentina Terio

  08-04-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2025.13287

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  Lead and other heavy metals (cadmium and mercury) accumulation in bivalve mollusks (Mytilus galloprovincialis, Ruditapes spp. and Crassostrea gigas) sampled in Sardinia in 2008-2012

  Pierluigi Piras, Giannina Chessa, Maurizio Cossu, Gianuario Fiori, Patrizia Piras, Giuseppe Ledda

  e49

  31-12-2013

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2013.1627

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  Microplastics in Sepia officinalis caught on the central Adriatic coast: preliminary results

  Alessia Armellini, Gianluigi Ferri, Carlotta Lauteri, Antonio De Camillis, Luca Pennisi

  08-06-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2023.9971

  2022

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  Integrating uncertainty into official control decisions: Bayesian risk-based decision support for the safe reopening of live bivalve mollusk harvesting areas

  Cesare Ciccarelli, Angela Marisa Semeraro, Vittoria Di Trani, Michela Conquista, Elena Ciccarelli

  12-06-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2026.15116

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  Microbiological and chemical evaluation of Helix spp. snails from local and non-EU markets, utilised as food in Sardinia

  Arianna Corda, Laura Mara, Sebastiano Virgilio, Margherita Pisanu, Giannina Chessa, Antonio Parisi, Maria Paola Cogoni

  17-04-2014

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2014.1732

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  First multi-year retrospective study on Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus prevalence in Ruditapes philippinarum harvested in Sacca di Goro, Italy

  Patrizia Serratore, Fabio Ostanello, Pier Luca Passalacqua, Emanuele Zavatta, Giorgia Bignami, Andrea Serraino, Federica Giacometti

  15-11-2016

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2016.6161

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• Insect-based products commercialized online: a snapshot of lipid oxidation and mineral content

  Stefania Balzan, Luca Fasolato, Federico Fontana, Sarah Currò, Enrico Novelli

  06-08-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.11600

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  Detection of Arcobacter spp. in Mytilus galloprovincialis samples collected from Apulia region

  Elisabetta Bonerba, Anna Mottola, Antonio Parisi, Angela Di Pinto, Andrea Serraino, Giancarlo Bozzo, Federica Giacometti, Edmondo Ceci, Giuseppina Tantillo

  17-02-2015

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2015.4583

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• One-year monitoring of potentially pathogenic microorganisms in the waters and sediments of the Lesina and Varano lagoons (South-East Italy)

  Maria Grazia Basanisi, Gaia Nobili, Gianfranco La Bella, Anna Mattea D’Antuono, Rosa Coppola, Annita Maria Damato, Tommaso Scirocco, Lucrezia Cilenti, Giovanna La Salandra

  07-05-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.12218

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• PO17 | MAKING A LONG STORY SHORT (1997-2019): META-ANALYSIS OF VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS PREVALENCE IN RAW BIVALVE MUSSELS PRODUCED IN ITALY Gabriele Spatola¹, Anne Thebault², Alice Giusti¹, Francesca Pedonese¹, Pauline Kooh², Vasilis Valdramidis³, Andrea Armani¹ | ¹Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Pisa, Italy; ²Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (Anses), Direction de l'Evaluation des Risques, Maisons-Alfort, France; ³Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

  Gabriele Spatola

  02-09-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2026.16245

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  Occurrence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Staphylococcus aureus in seafood

  Deyan Stratev, Todor Stoyanchev, Desislava Bangieva

  03-12-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2021.10027

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• P32 | An overview of foodborne illnesses in the Umbria-Marche region: the five-year period 2020-2024 A. Lupattelli¹, A. Dettori¹, M. Falcinelli¹, M. Mechelli¹, G. Marocco¹, D. Francia¹, R. Morgante¹ | ¹Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell’Umbria e delle Marche “Togo Rosati”, Perugia, Italy

  Alessia Lupattelli

  09-09-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2025.14415

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  Occurrence of Aliarcobacter spp. in fresh and pre-cut vegetables of common use in San José, Costa Rica

  María Laura Arias Echandi, Alejandra Huete Soto, Jose Manuel Castillo Blanco, Fernanda Fernández, Heriberto Fernandez Jaramillo

  02-10-2023

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2023.10344

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• African swine fever: implications for the Italian pork trade

  Alfonso Rosamilia, Stefano Benedetti, Delia Cotugno, Chiara Guarnieri, Viviana Miraglia, Andrea Riponi, Stefano Capezzuto, Giulia Siragusa, Nicola Santini, Marco Pierantoni

  10-05-2024

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.12489

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  Trace metal levels in the edible tissues of sea cucumbers (Holothuria tubulosa and Holothuria polii) from Sardinia (Western Mediterranean)

  Natalia Montero, Marco Atzori, Barbara Marras, Alexandre Bettoschi, Pierpaolo Nurchis, Valentina Coroneo, Clara Sanna, Marco Schintu

  29-09-2021

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2021.9576

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• P08 | Environmental monitoring and identification of Shewanella spp. at a seafood processing plant: preliminary results T. Cardellicchio¹, M. Egidio², A. Mancusi¹, Y.T.R. Proroga¹, S. Capo¹, L. Casalino³, R. Marrone², M. A. Casbarra¹, O. Di Maro¹. | ¹Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Mezzogiorno, Dip. Coordinamento di Sicurezza Alimentare; ²Università Federico II di Napoli – DMVPA Dip. Medicina Veterinaria e Produzioni Animali; ³Universitas Mercatorum - Sostenibilità e Agenda ESG, Roma, Italy

  Yolande T.R. Proroga

  09-09-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2025.14391

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• The Bayesian β-binomial model to improve the inference based on the results of sampling plans: the case study of the biotoxin monitoring plan of Chamelea gallina natural beds

  Cesare Ciccarelli, Angela Marisa Semeraro, Vittoria Di Trani, Melina Leinoudi, Guglielmo D’Aurizio, Francesca Barchiesi, Sara Gentili, Elena Ciccarelli

  03-02-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2026.14544

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