Liuzzo Gaetano, Rossi Roberto, Giacometti Federica, Mescolini Giulia, Piva Silvia, Serraino Andrea
Local Health Unit of Modena, Carpi District, Carpi (MO), Italy.
Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy.
Ital J Food Saf. 2017 Mar 28;6(1):6228. doi: 10.4081/ijfs.2017.6228. eCollection 2017 Jan 24.
The trade in live crustaceans implies keeping these animals alive after capture and/or farming until purchase by the final consumer. Regarding animal welfare, the European Union includes cephalopods in Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes, but there are no further regulations on crustaceans in EU legislation. The present study analysed the provisions of Italian municipal regulations on animal welfare applicable to crustaceans. Only 62 of the 110 municipal websites of the provincial capitals reported a regulation safeguarding animal welfare. These regulations contain different rules on: aquaria characteristics (size, volume and shape); management of aquaria; maintenance (preservation and exposure) of live aquatic species; slaughtering and/or suppression of aquatic species and crustaceans; tying of crustacean claws; and crustacean cooking. The analysis on Italian municipal regulations on crustaceans' animal welfare showed that the provisions are vague, lacking uniformity and scientific guidelines.
活甲壳类动物贸易意味着在捕获和/或养殖后将这些动物存活下来，直至最终消费者购买。关于动物福利，欧盟在关于保护用于科学目的动物的2010/63/EU指令中纳入了头足类动物，但欧盟立法中没有关于甲壳类动物的进一步规定。本研究分析了意大利适用于甲壳类动物的城市动物福利法规条款。省会城市的110个市政网站中，只有62个报告了保障动物福利的法规。这些法规包含关于以下方面的不同规则：水族箱特征（尺寸、体积和形状）；水族箱管理；活水生生物的维护（保存和展示）；水生生物和甲壳类动物的屠宰和/或处置；甲壳类动物爪子的捆绑；以及甲壳类动物的烹饪。对意大利城市甲壳类动物福利法规的分析表明，这些条款含糊不清，缺乏统一性和科学指导方针。
