Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
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.
Vice Chief Editor
Raffaella Branciari
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy
E-mail: raffaella.branciari@unipg.it | ORCID
Raffaella Branciari is an Associate Professor in Food Inspection and Safety of Foods of Animal Origin at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Perugia. She teaches in the Veterinary Medicine degree program and in postgraduate training activities related to food hygiene, inspection, and safety of foods of animal origin. Her research activity focuses on the safety and quality of foods of animal origin, with particular attention to microbiological and chemical hazards, meat and fish products, game meat, dairy products, foodborne pathogens, natural antimicrobial and antioxidant compounds, and sustainable innovation in food production chains. She has been involved in several national and international research projects, often with responsibilities as scientific coordinator or head of research unit, particularly in the fields of fish products, poultry and swine chains, dairy products, game meat, and the use of olive industry by-products to improve food safety and quality. She has held several academic and institutional roles at the University of Perugia, including Quality Assurance Officer of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, member of the University Quality Assurance Board, and member and Vice-Coordinator of the PhD program in “Ethics of Communication, Scientific Research and Technological Innovation”. She is also an ANVUR expert for the initial and periodic accreditation of universities and degree programs. She is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of Veterinary Food Hygienists and has served the scientific community through editorial and peer-review activities in the field 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
Gerardo Manfreda, Department of Agri-food Sciences and Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
E-mail: gerardo.manfreda@unibo.it | ORCID
Raffaele Marrone, Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
E-mail: raffaele.marrone@unina.it | ORCID
Enrico Novelli, Department of Public Health, Comparative Pathology and Veterinary Hygiene, University of Padua, Italy
E-mail: enrico.novelli@unipd.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
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