Ready-to-eat salad: is it safe for consumption? The effectiveness of the washing methods
Washing fruits and vegetables is the only way to reduce microbial pathogens, both at domestic and industrial level. In the summertime the consumption ...
Effectiveness of field vaccination against pandemic H1N1 in pigs
Researchers of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie have recently published in the journal Plos Currents, a study concerning the vaccination's effectiveness against pandemic H1N1 ...
Genetic traceability: a tool for the promotion of local alpine products
Some autochthonous mountain cattle breeds, like Alpine Grey and Burlina in Northern Italy, are decreasing due to their substitution with more productive and highly ...
Tail docking in Italian Heavy pig: the impact on animal welfare
The results of a study carried out by IZSVe have been published regarding the feasibility of avoiding tail docking in Italian heavy pigs. Tail biting ...
How Italian consumers perceive food quality
Quality food is also safe food: Italian consumers agree with this equivalence. They do not agree instead on the characteristics that determine when a product ...
How effective can nanotechnologies be for food safety?
The use of nanotechnology in the field of food safety is one of the frontiers to which companies are looking with increasing interest. The research and development ...