Antonietta Gattuso

TL;DR: The results show that 3.7% of fresh leafy vegetable products and 1.8% of "fresh-cut" or "ready-to-eat" vegetable retailed in supermarkets or farm markets, were contaminated with one or more foodborne pathogens harmful to human health.

TL;DR: The strains isolated were biochemically and serologically characterised and showed a prevalence of a few serotypes which were the same as those found in clinical samples collected during outbreaks and from sporadic cases of listeriosis reported in Italy in the period considered.

TL;DR: When associations between subtypes and isolates from specific foods selected as being most frequently involved in cases of listeriosis were tested some of these associations were highly significant but not exclusive, indicating that there was no close correlation between specific sub types and specific food products.

TL;DR: A total of 1,017 mascarpone cheese samples, collected at retail, were analyzed for Clostridium botulinum spores and toxin, aerobic mesophilic spore counts, as well as pH, a(w) (water activity), and Eh (oxidation-reduction potential).

TL;DR: The results of this international trial demonstrate that the evaluated real-time PCR-based method represents an excellent alterative to the ISO standard since it shows a higher performance as well as reduce the extent of the analytical process, and can be easily implemented routinely by the competent authorities and food industry laboratories.