Verification of authenticity: A rapid identification method for commercial scallop species through multiplex real-time PCR

SEATRACES PUBLICATION Regina Klapper & Ute Schröder Abstract: Seafood products are particularly vulnerable to food fraud and mislabelling, which may have negative implications on fisheries resources, economy, consumer health and trust. This is a considered problem for scallops, since these high-valued seafood products are usually sold without their morphologically characteristic shells. Scallop products differ in…

Estudio de notoriedad en consumidores sobre la denominación comercial “anchoa del Cantábrico”

SEATRACES PUBLICATION (This publications is written in Spanish language) Dr. Miguel Ángel Pardo González. Experto en integridad y seguridad alimentaria. AZTI La anchoa europea (Engraulis encrasicolus) es un pequeño pez pelágico que, en el caso del Golfo de Bizkaia, es considerada una población independiente de otras poblaciones europeas. Esta población de anchoa, generalmente conocida como…