Abstract

The Italian Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies (MiPAAF) Decree dated 31 January 2008, which reports the Italian name for fish species of commercial interest, establishes that baccalà can be obtained exclusively from G. macrocephalus (Pacific cod) and G. morhua (Atlantic cod). This paper describes the COI-based DNA identification system to verify the substitution or misbranding of gadoid fish species and, consequently, its concordance with the labels on salted cod fillets shown as baccalà and on battered cod chunks labelled as bocconcini di baccalà. The analysis of interpretable sequences revealed that 55/65 dried salted cod fillet samples were detected as belonging to the family Gadidae, while 10/65 samples appeared to belong to the Lotidae family, while among battered cod chunks labelled as bocconcini di baccalà, the post-sequencing data analysis shows that the labels were completely wrong, with 28/40 samples from Pollachius virens and 12/40 samples from Brosme brosme. The substitution rate for products labelled on the market as baccalà in this study raises significant issues relating to food safety and consumer protection.

Autore Pugliese

• Di Pinto Angela , Ceci Edmondo , Bonerba Elisabetta , Bozzo Giancarlo , Tantillo Giuseppina , Terio Valentina

Tutti gli autori

• DI PINTO A.;CECI E.;BONERBA E.;BOZZO G.;TANTILLO G.;DI PINTO P.;TERIO V.

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Anno di pubblicazione

2013

ISSN

0308-8146

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46

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