en تخصصي Special Review article Review article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Consumption of contaminated seafoods is a major cause of death and hospitalization particularly in poor and developing countries. As with other food types, seafoods are also not free of food-borne pathogens and several risk factors are associated with its consumption. Regarding seafoods, there are regulatory hygienic alerts in importing countries. This paper briefly reviews the occurrence of seafood-borne diseases and describes the most important bacterial causes of these infections. Also, major bacterial threats, the route of infection, and food safety concerns associated with seafoods consumption are explained. Several bacterial pathogens, like <em>Vibrio</em> spp., <em>Salmonella</em> spp., <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em>, <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>, <em>Clostridium botulinum</em>,<em> Shigella</em> spp., and <em>Aeromonas</em> spp. are considered as microbiological hazards for seafoods. These bacteria can contaminate seafood products anytime from farm to table. Some effective methods should be adopted for control and prevention of bacterial hazards in fish industry. Maintaining the microbiological water quality of domestic capture, post-harvest care, proper hygiene, etc. can minimize the bacterial hazards. Food-borne intoxications can be controlled by the proper refrigeration of seafoods and the continuous monitoring of the chill chain during the entire production process right up to consumption. Other ways to prevent food-borne outbreaks due to consumptions of seafoods are training of the consumers about correct handling of food, proper preparation, and storage of seafoods.</span></span></div> <br> <span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><strong>DOI:</strong> 10.18502/jfqhc.7.1.2446</span></span> Seafood, Fish Products, Bacteria, Food Contamination, Bacterial Infections, Foodborne Diseases 4 10 http://jfqhc.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-818-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 A. Ali No Department of Science of Agriculture, Food and Environment (SAFE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25 71122, Foggia, Italy A. Parisi No Zooprofilactic Institute of Apulia and Basilicata, Via Manfredonia 20, 71121, Foggia, Italy M.C. Conversano No Veterinary Doctor, Quality Assurance Expert in Fishery Products, Vico Tasselli 21, 70010 Valenzano (BA), Italy A. Iannacci No Local Health Authority Foggia (ASL-FG), Via Michele Protano 13, 71121, Foggia, Italy F. D’Emilio No Local Health Authority Foggia (ASL-FG), Via Michele Protano 13, 71121, Foggia, Italy V. Mercurio No Veterinary Doctor, Specialist in Food Inspection, Via F. La Guardia, 6, 71121, Foggia, Italy G. Normanno giovanni.normanno@unifg.it 0000-0001-7212-4457 Yes Department of Science of Agriculture, Food and Environment (SAFE), University of Foggia, Via Napoli 25 71122, Foggia, Italy