Food adulteration is one of the most serious problems regarding food safety and quality
worldwide. Besides misleading consumers, it poses a considerable health risk associated …

In this study the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis on mislabeling in seafood
products sold on the Italian market are presented The aim was especially targeted to answer …

Abstract Surimi-based products (SBP), such as fish cakes, being processed products
generally composed by mixture of species, are particularly susceptible to species …

Seafood consumption has increased worldwide in the last 50 years considering both wild
catches and aquaculture production. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization …

Introduction Fish fraud detection is mainly carried out using a genomic profiling approach
requiring long and complex sample preparations and assay running times. Rapid …

Species substitution, the use of a low value fish in place of a high value fish, is the biggest
problem in international trade and the leading cause of fraud in the fisheries arena sector …

DNA barcoding was used in the identification of 89 commercially important freshwater and
marine fish species found in Turkish ichthyofauna. A total of 1765 DNA barcodes using a …

The verification of authenticity and detection of food mislabeling are elements that have
been of high importance for centuries. During the last few decades there has been an …

In recent times, broad scale fish substitution has been identified globally. Life threatening or
serious human health concerns identified in published literature associated with this type of …

The Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies represent a turning point in the food
inspection field, particularly for species identification in matrices composed of a blend of two …