In the present study the level of contamination of Cd, Hg and Pb
was assessed in fishery products imported from extra-EU Countries
and destined to the EU market, caught in various FAO fishing areas
of the world and inspected by official public veterinarians at the
Border Inspection Post (BIP) of Milan Malpensa airport, which is
one of the main cargo airports in Europe and the busiest in Italy in
terms of freight volume. Data obtained from the fishery products
arriving in Milan Malpensa by air are a representative sample of the
contamination of fishery products that daily arrive in Europe from
the main exporters of the world. We think our work is good
especially because we considered a wide range of fish and fishery
products and a wide range of FAO fishing areas from which they
have been caught.