Assessing Risks and Innovating Traceability in Campania's Illegal Mussel Sale: A One Health Perspective.

The illegal sale of mussels is a persistent problem for food safety and public health in the Campania region, where bivalve molluscs are often sold without traceability, evading regulatory controls. In this study, ten batches of mussels seized from unauthorized vendors were analyzed to evaluate their microbiological safety and trace their geographical origin. High loads of , exceeding European regulatory limits (Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005), were detected in all samples.