Irradiation of food of animal origin: analytical checks to verify compliance with EU legislation in Lazio region


Submitted: 15 January 2013
Accepted: 25 March 2013
Published: 10 June 2013
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  • Selene Marozzi Centro Studi per la Sicurezza Alimentare, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Roma, via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Roma, Italy.
  • Roberto Condoleo Centro Studi per la Sicurezza Alimentare, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Roma, via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Roma., Italy.
  • Stefano Saccares Centro Studi per la Sicurezza Alimentare, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Roma, via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Roma., Italy.
  • Maria Concetta Campagna Direzione operativa Produzioni Zootecniche, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, via Appia Nuova 1411, 00178, Roma, Italy.
  • Michele Mangiacotti Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Ricerca della Radioattività nel Settore Zootecnico Veterinario - Struttura Complessa Chimica, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Foggia, Italy.
  • Eugenio Chiaravalle Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Ricerca della Radioattività nel Settore Zootecnico Veterinario - Struttura Complessa Chimica, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Foggia, Italy.
Irradiation is a method of food preservation regulated in the European Union (EU) by Directives 1999/2/EC and 1999/3/EC, and adopted in Italy with Legislative Decree 94, 30/01/2001. The aim of this paper is to present the results of control in Lazio Region done to verify compliance with the mandatory legislation. For this purpose, 36 samples of food of animal origin marketed in Lazio were collected and analysed. Of these, 11.2% was irradiated and the treatment was not provided on the label.

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Marozzi S, Condoleo R, Saccares S, Campagna MC, Mangiacotti M, Chiaravalle E. Irradiation of food of animal origin: analytical checks to verify compliance with EU legislation in Lazio region. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2013 Jun. 10 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];2(2):e17. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2013.e17

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