MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES PERFORMED IN DIFFERENT FIELDS by PhD GIUSEPPE ZICARI
INDUSTRIAL AND FOOD HYGIENE
- The management of food safety and food hygiene (self-control procedures; the document of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points in hygiene, mandatory for the food sector: HACCP), (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/46-autocontrollo, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/libribooks/ligiene-degli-alimenti, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/libribooks/gestione-della-sicurezza-alimentare).
- The information and training of workers on hygiene and food safety (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/libribooks/gestione-della-sicurezza-alimentare).
- The analytical audits (choice of analytical parameters and implementation of sampling, analysis methods and interpretation of results).
- The labeling of food (e.g., nutritional messages), (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/50-messaggi-nutrizionali, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/51etich, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/53-etichettattura).
- Environmental labeling (https://www.risoitaliano.eu/letichettatura-ecologica-va-chiarita/).
- Traceability (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/44-uni-10939).
- Packaging materials (the declaration of conformity), (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/65-food-packaging-materials).
- The management and prevention of chemical and microbiological risks in drinking water and aqueducts (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/93pozziwsp, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/89tariffa).
- Foodborne diseases and their prevention (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/documentazionefree-documents/56-mta2007, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/75-foodborne-disease).
- Chemical and/or biological risk and emergency management.
- Functional foods (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1KR0b9GnX6f1FOq3rLKzYJN5aLlfB7EL5).
- The regulation of food control laboratory activities (quality control in analytical laboratory measurements), (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/26-laboratori, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/33-laboratori).
- Perceived and measurable quality (in food market) through different strategies (advertising and labeling) https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/40-qualit%C3%A0
- Pesticide residues in food: health risk management and prevention (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/71-pesticidi-in-piemonte).
- Canteen catering and short supply chain (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/72-filiera).
- Edible mushrooms and chemical risk (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/82-funghi-eduli-e-rischio-chimico).
- Agaricus bisporus (Champignon) mushroom cultivation and health risks (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/74champignon, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/79-champignon).
- Nickel and some health and environmental risks (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/76nikel).
COMMUNICATION
Publishing articles or books on topics of interest (carried out more than 100 publications including six books, two databases and two computer programs) and organizing training activities and conferences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAHhj5f81NQ
LEGAL EXPERTS
Consulting and expert opinions for jurists and entrepreneurs (consultant registered in the Court Register). Paternity attestation with genetic analysis.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- Analysis of environmental and health risks (e.g., at contaminated sites subject to remediation; contaminated water or food).
- Estimation and management of chemical and microbiological risks and their communication.
- Assistance for Permits (e.g., Integrated Environmental Permit and Environmental Impact Assessment).
- ISO 14000 environmental certifications and EMAS registrations (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dguxi-l2Cgv3R8v5iTjzDZhRoS-JLPf2/view).
- Communication management during environmental emergencies.
- Biomonitoring with bees (Apis mellifera) (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CM1FlOjIITQHsbtdjeBQjGa01Q_b6Pc3/view?usp=drive_link).
- Chemical risk management and prevention in agriculture.
- Urban acupuncture: greening of degraded or abandoned urban areas (https://programme2014-20.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/SALUTE4CE.html).
- The management of Conferences of Services (authorization processes of economic activities charged to public bodies), (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/55-conferenze-dei-servizi).
VOLUNTARY QUALITY CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS
- ISO 9000 and Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) process certifications https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/41-cerificazione, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/libribooks/gestione-della-sicurezza-alimentare).
- Self-certification of quality marks and other voluntary strategies, (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/44-uni-10939, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/51etich, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/53-etichettattura, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/50-messaggi-nutrizionali, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/documentazionefree-documents/alimenti-funzionali):
supply chain certification and farm traceability (e.g., UNI 10939);
supply chain free of genetically modified organism derivatives;
voluntary nutrition labelling;
ethical certification for the protection of child labour and workers' rights;
certification of accident prevention and worker health protection;
quality systems for food testing laboratories;
market strategies to communicate investments made (e.g., labelling and advertising).
HEALTH RISK ANALYSIS
- Assessment and estimation of health risks from foodborne diseases (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/libribooks/ligiene-degli-alimenti, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/75-foodborne-disease).
- Assessment of health risks associated with waste management (e.g., odours, insects, chemical contamination, vehicular traffic, noise), (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/59-odori).
- Assessment of health risks resulting from vehicular traffic (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/61-inquinamento-atmosferico).
- Health risk assessment resulting from the use of biomass (corn, livestock manure, sludge from water treatment plants, and municipal organic waste) to produce renewable energy such as biogas or agri-methane (https://www.epc.it/contenuti/energie_rinnovabili_sito.pdf, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/libribooks/energie-rinnovabili-da-biomasse).
- The Health Impact Assessment (HIA).
- Health risks from creosote (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/84creosote).
- Health risks from hexavalent chromium in water (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/documentazionefree-documents/60-la-contaminazione-da-cromo).
- The prevention of health risks from Ambrosia artemisiifolia and weedding risks (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/85ambrosia).
- The prevention of health risks from animal husbandry (the zoonoses), (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/libribooks/energie-rinnovabili-da-biomasse, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/86livestockemission, ).
- The management of livestock manure: chemical and microbiological risks, odours, nitrate contamination of water (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/87livestock).
- The modulation of the Tariff for Access to Drinking Water Service as a strategy to safeguard the water resource and prevent health risks (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/89tariffa).
- The management of wells and reservoirs in the aqueduct network through the application of the Water Safety Plan method and the HACCP method for the prevention of chemical and microbiological risks (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/93pozziwsp, https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/publications/90-water-derogation).
- The health risk from pesticides in food and water (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CM1FlOjIITQHsbtdjeBQjGa01Q_b6Pc3/view?usp=drive_link).
- The management of public exposure from health risks (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/64-articolo-esposti).
- The protection of the water resource (https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/pubblicazionipublications/pubblicazioni/94h2oin-piemonte).
PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND PERMITTING
- Consulting for permitting, management, risk prevention (e.g., odours) of composting plants.
- Consulting for permitting, management, risk prevention of plants producing biogas (agro-methane) from livestock manure, maize, and municipal organic waste.
- Consulting for authorization, management, risk prevention from livestock farms (e.g., odours, insects, fertilization with livestock manure management).
- Administrative practice management for one-stop shop for enterprises and/or provincial or regional authorization (Services Conference).
ORGANIZATION OF SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
- Scientific secretarial service: conference planning and coordination.
- Press office and coordination of preconvention activities: programs, posters, membership forms, correspondence, invitations. Coordination of printing conference proceedings.
SCIENTIFIC PROJECT DESIGN
Coordinating and compiling projects (e.g., production specifications, funding applications, research projects).
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
- Collaborations to develop scientific research projects.
- Planning and submitting funding applications for scientific research projects.
SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE
- The mandatory training of the various stakeholders.
- Emergency management and the risk assessment document.
- Structural and organizational adjustments.
TRAINING, FORMATION AND EXPERTISE
(Topics explored mainly in collaboration with private companies such as restaurants, supermarkets, confectionery companies, canned fruit and vegetable processing, bakeries, jam production, agro-livestock companies, agro-companies that produce organic food such as honey, school canteens, food packaging and label manufacturers, cookie factories, aqueduct managers, local administrators, managers of municipal organic waste and Departments of hygiene and disease prevention in hospitals).
1. Hygienic standards of personnel, premises and equipment.
2. Food hygiene: contamination factors and their prevention.
3. The HACCP method: the conscious assessment and management of risks.
4. The management of documents for compliance with hygiene obligations.
5. Compilation and analysis of a self-control manual (HACCP) for food safety management.
6. The importance of analytical control for validating of hygiene of the work process.
7. Chemical risk in agriculture and the prevention of hazards to workers.
8. Purchase and storage of pesticides in agriculture.
9. Chemical risk management.
10. Supply chain traceability: obligation and opportunity.
11. Food labeling: mandatory and voluntary information.
12. Food preservation techniques.
13. Genetically Modified Organisms and food: advantages and disadvantages.
14. Epidemiology of foodborne diseases: monitoring and prevention.
15. Insects and other pests.
16. Mandatory management of food contact materials.
17. The water footprint, land consumption, carbon footprint, energy balance, air emissions of energy production (biogas or agro-methane) from biomass (maize, livestock manure, municipal organic waste, sewage sludge).
18. Odor prevention and management (waste management; composting; animal husbandry; catering).
19. The management of chemical risk from unregulated substances in drinking water or food (e.g., chromium, toluene, plant protection products, hormones).
20. Climate change and health effects.
21. Sustainable agriculture.
22. Insects and pesticides.
23. The importance of trees and the usefulness of urban green acupuncture.
24. Voluntary product and process certification: the ISO 9001 standard; the ISO 14001 standard; the EMAS Regulation; Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) marks; GMO-free certification; organic products; voluntary certification for the protection of workers' health; voluntary certification for the protection of workers' rights; designing a food production specification; analytical control management.
25. The management of the composting process and the reduction of health risks.
26. River protection and urban greening.
PROFESSIONAL UPDATING AND FOREIGN EXPERIENCE
I have participated or been a speaker at more than 200 national and international conferences, seminars, courses and congresses among which we highlight (a complete list will be provided on request, 12 pages or in this link https://sites.google.com/site/zicari73/informazioniinfomation/aggiornamentoconferences):
- I have participated in the 15th International Congress organized by the National Order of Biologists and held in Umag (Croatia), on 3 - 5 October 2002 entitled "Progresso scientifico, etica, tutela delle risorse: sfide professionali del terzo millennio (Scientific progress, ethics, protection of resources: professional challenges of the third millennium)".
- I was invited to the conference entitled “The International Citrus & Beverage Conference” held at the Sheraton Sand Key Resort in Clearwater Beach, Florida (USA) on 18-21 September 2012. In 2012 for 5 weeks I have been in Florida, and during this period I attended the University of Florida and an Intensive English language course.
- On 21 May 2017, on the occasion of the Alessandria GREEN WEEK event (by the association Natura e Dintorni) at the Botanical Garden, 19-26 May 2017 (http://www.comune.alessandria.it/alessandria-green-week/) I gave the lecture entitled "Beyond the limits: zero soil consumption by 2030".
- On 25/10/2017 I attended the conferences:
Bio-districts and the new organic law, for pesticide-free agriculture;
Qualyservices, the new quality certification systems;
which were held at Cremona Fiera, on the occasion of the Cremona International Zootechnical Fair.
- I attended the conference entitled “Circular Bioeconomy Workshop” held on 21 November 2017, organised by Federchimica Assobiotec at the headquarters of Banca Intesa San Paolo in Milan.
- I was a speaker at the meeting with public administrators open to the population on “The air we breathe, air pollution and health”, organised in the Palazzo Robellini of the Municipality of Acqui Terme (AL), on 5 February 2018.
- On 20 April 2018, I gave a lecture entitled “Biodiversity and the protection of water resources” at the Maglietto Association, Amelia and Giacomo Bisio Beekeeping Museum located in Frazione Merella, on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of the beekeeping museum, organised by the administration of the municipality of Novi Ligure (Al).
- On Friday 11 May 2018, I gave a lecture entitled “Renewable energy from biomass: risks and opportunities” at the Sala Romita of the Municipality of Tortona (AL), which was promoted by the Municipality and the Osservatorio Ambientale Comunale di Tortona (AL), [Municipal Environmental Observatory of Tortona (AL)].
- On Friday 18 May 2018, I held a seminar entitled “Beyond ecological limits: air, climate and health”, at the Biblioteca Civica di Tortona, organised by the Municipal Environmental Observatory of Tortona (AL).
- On 22 May 2018, I held a seminar entitled “Soil protection and the production of agrofuels” at the Council Chamber of the Municipality of Alexandria and addressed the Municipality's Environment Commission.
- On 26 June 2018, I participated as a speaker at "The National Sustainability Expo" held at Ricoh Arena, Coventry (United Kingdom), where I presented a report entitled "Can the society and the economy be sustainable?".
- On 12 and 13 July 2018 I participated in the event "United Kingdom Anaerobic Digestion and World Biogas Expo 2018" held at NEC, Birmingham (UK) and organized by the World Biogas Association and the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association.
- On 6 September 2018, I took part as a speaker in a meeting promoted by Osservatorio Ambientale di Tortona (Tortona Municipal Environmental Observatory) held in Tortona (Al) on the subject of the state of health of the river Scrivia and water protection (https://rete-ambientalista.blogspot.com/2018/09/lo-stato-di-salute-dello-scrivia.html).
- On 24 October 2018 I visited the Fiere Internazionali zootecniche di Cremona (International Livestock Fairs in Cremona) and attended the following conferences:
The central role of agriculture in preserving the environment and climate.
Qualyservices, the new food quality and sustainability certification systems.
- I presented the poster entitled "The management of odors during composting and health effects" at the Conference "Odorigenic emissions: from abatement technologies to new control strategies" organized by ISPRA, Società Chimica Italiana, University of Bari and held on 6 November 2018 in Rimini during ECOMONDO (22° Fiera Internazionale del recupero di materia ed energia e dello sviluppo sostenibile or 22nd International Trade Fair on Material and Energy Recovery and Sustainable Development).
- I presented the poster entitled “Renewable energy from biomass: analysis of sustainability (LCA) of the anaerobic digestion of corn and cow manure” at the 20th Conference on Composting and Anaerobic Digestion organised by the Consorzio Italiano Compostatori and held on 7 November 2018 in Rimini, during the ECOMONDO event (22nd International Trade Fair for Material & Energy Recovery and Sustainable Development).
- I took part as a speaker in the conference entitled “Gestione sostenibile della frazione organica dei rifiuti, prospettive di riduzione della tariffa e di recupero dei suoli or Sustainable management of the organic fraction of waste, prospects for tariff reduction and soil recovery”, held at the Palazzo dei gruppi parlamentari, Sala Tatarella (Via degli Uffici del Vicario, 21 - Rome; c/o Palazzo Montecitorio), on May 23 2022, organized by the Movimento 5 Stelle (Camera Environment Commission). I presented a report entitled “ENERGIE DA BIOMASSE E GESTIONE DELLA SOSTANZA ORGANICA: riflessioni sulla sostenibilità della gestione dei rifiuti or ENERGY FROM BIOMASS AND ORGANIC SUBSTANCE MANAGEMENT: reflections on the sustainability of waste management”, (I presented some contents of the books: Oltre i limiti ecologici (Beyond Ecological Limits); Energie da biomasse (Energy from Biomass), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAHhj5f81NQ - https://www.takethedate.it/Eventi/32205-gestione-sostenibile-della-frazione-organica-dei-rifiuti-prospettive-di-riduzione-della-tariffa-e-di-recupero-dei-suoli.html
PRACTICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES USED
1 - Genetics - Artificial fertilization, microinjection, ginogenesis, electroporation, time-lapse shooting on teleosteo Brachydanio rerio (GENETICALLY MODIFIED EMBRYOS GENERATION); Cryostat use; Immunoconosisation by immunoperoxidase and immunofluorescence, hematoxylin eosin coloration; Amplification of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) by PCR (polymerase chain reaction); Insertion of DNA fragments into suitable vectors (enzymatic digestion, dephosphorylation, ligation), preparation of Escherichia coli competent cells, transformation; Plasmid extraction and purification using the following methods: cesium chloride gradient ultracentrifuge, Qiagen method and boiling method (to obtain small quantities); DNA electrophoresis digested with endonuclease; Quantitative analysis of DNA to the spectrophotometer; In vivo transfections on muscle tissue (cardiac, sole and mouse EDL), reporter gene expression analysis (Chloramphenicol Acetyl Transferase, Luciferase and -Galactosidase Test).
FISH (site-to-fluorescence hybridization), prenatal cytology at S.Orsola Hospital in Bologna; In vitro mutagenesis and cancerogenesis test, Institute of Cancerology of Bologna; Finger Printing of DNA (PCR and Polycrystalline Gel Electrophoresis) extracted from blood drop, Institute of Legal Medicine, Pavia. Genetic analyses for paternity attestation (for private laboratories).
2 – Food Quality Control - Determination of oleic acid on olives; Brix gradients and acidity on citrus fruits and grapes; Anthocyanin determination on oranges; I use Datatrace Temp System, an interface that can program small temperature sensing software to optimize heat treatment during the canned production cycle; Determination of chemical demand of oxygen, dissolved oxygen and chlorine on wastewater; Physical and chemical analysis of oil and milk. Determination of moisture, ashes and gluten in flours.
3 - Pesticide Analysis - Methods for the extraction of the following pesticide residues from fruit and vegetables, olive oil and water: Phosphates, Pyretroids, Carbamates, Acaricides, Benzimidazoles, Dithiocarbamates, Triforines and Growth Regulators; Use of gel permeation filtration on citrus fruits and vegetables.
Methods for the determination of the above molecules by gascomatography techniques with electron capture detectors and for nitrogen and phosphorus; Immunoenzymatic test for the detection of 2,4 dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by immunoperoxidase; HPLC (High Pressure Liquid Chromatography) with UV-Visible detector or with derivatizer and fluorimeter for Carbamates.
4 - Microbiology - Determination of total coliforms, salmonella and total mesophilic bacteria on selective culture media in milk and derivatives. Microbiological analysis of water. Microbiological analysis of livestock waste and FORSU (Organic Fraction of Urban Solid Waste).
5 - Environmental biomonitoring through the examination of behavioral and health changes in bees (Apis mellifera) and the measurement of pollutants (pesticides, metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) in beekeeping products (honey, pollen, live bees, dead bees, wax).
6 - Optical microscopy - Determination of microplastic contamination status in fish and shellfish. Melisso-palynologicall analyses in honey.
At the moment I am searching new collaboration also in foreign States.
More detailed information will be provided upon request.