The cold chain and the COVID-19 pandemic:an unusual increase in histamine content in fish samples collected in Southern Italy during lockdown

作     者：Francesco Giuseppe Gailuzzo Gaetano Cammilleri Antonello Cicero Licia Pantano Andrea Pulvirenti Andrea Macaluso Nicola Cicero Vittorio Calabrese Vincenzo Ferrantelli 

作者机构：Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della SiciliaPalermoItaly Dipartimento di Scienze della VitaUniversita degli studi di Modena e Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly Dipartimento SASTASUniversita degli studi di MessinaMessinaItaly Dipartiment'o di Scienze biomediche e biotecnologicheUniversita degli studi di CataniaCataniaItaly 

出 版 物：《Food Quality and Safety》 (食品品质与安全研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第5卷第4期

页      面：329-335页

核心收录：

学科分类：0832[工学-食品科学与工程（可授工学、农学学位）] 1002[医学-临床医学] 08[工学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 082203[工学-发酵工程] 0822[工学-轻工技术与工程] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Histamine cold-chain food safety COVID-19 

摘      要：Objectives:We analysed 900 samples of fresh(250)and processed(650)fish products collected in Sicily(Southern Italy)in 2020 during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2)pandemic(hereafter:COVID-19).Materials and methods:The samples were divided temporally based on four phases relating to the various restrictions imposed by the Italian government in this *** validated method of ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography combined with a diode array detector was then employed for the ***:The samples collected during the Phase I lockdown period and after it had ended(Phase II)revealed significant increases in the mean histamine levels:(41.89±87.58)mg/kg and(24.91±76.76)mg/kg,*** 11(1.3%of the total)fresh fish samples that were identified as being non-compliant with Regulation(EC)No.2073/2005 were only found during these two *** the processed samples were always *** histamine values decreased as the restrictions eased,achieving a mean value of(11.16±9.3)mg/kg(Phase III).Conclusions:There was an increase in the incidence offish samples that were non-compliant with Regulation(EC)No.2073/2005 compared to previous surveillance *** results provide a first report on the effect of lockdown measures on food safety and the cold *** findings must cause food safety operators to intensify their controls over fresh fish products in such periods to safeguard consumer *** studies are required to evaluate whether the same trend would be observed with other food contaminants.