The labels of only 32/200 fish fillet samples provided compre-hensive information relating to commercial designation, scientificname, geographical area, production method and whether previ-ously frozen. The labeling of other samples was not compliant withEuropean legislation. In particular, the scientific name, which mustbe also indicated from the 1st January 2012, according to the Art.68 of the EU Commission Implementing Regulation No. 404/2011,was omitted in 157/168 samples, the geographical area was missingin 152/168, whereas the commercial designation and productionmethod were reported in all samples.The results of our molecular investigations reveal a high occur-rence of incorrect species declaration, in no less than 164/200 (82%)fish fillet products.Specifically, DNA