Analysis of Contaminants of Toxicologic Concern in Food, Feed and Nutraceuticals – In Memory of Prof. Alberto Ritieni

Dear Colleagues,

Nowadays, only a few people are aware of the exact reasons for food contamination and its effects on your health. Food contamination represents a serious concern for human and animal health, either from microbiological or chemical origins. This problematic issue can occur at different steps throughout manufacturing processes or may be already present in raw food, due to varying environmental conditions and pollution. For this reason, research is constantly focusing on the identification of possible contaminating sources and the implementation of the most suitable strategies to prevent, mitigate, or counteract them.

Worldwide research is in progress in order to develop novel extraction procedures and analytical techniques for the rapid and easy identification of mycotoxins in both food and feed supply chains. However, techniques based on high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) coupled with gas chromatography or liquid chromatography appear to be the most promising approaches for successfully detecting and quantifying a broad range of different molecules.

In this Special Issue on “Analysis of Contaminants and Chemical Residues of Toxicologic Concern in Food, Feed and Nutraceuticals”, papers describing the worldwide occurrence of toxicological compounds in various commodities are welcome, as are papers on its occurrence and co-occurrence in human food, nutraceuticals, dietary supplements, and animal feed or those relating to novel methodologies for its analysis in food and feed, as well as the evaluation of reliable extraction procedures. We look forward to receiving your contributions to this Special Issue in the form of original research, case studies, or review papers, shedding light on perspectives on the occurrence and control of food contaminants in different commodities and risk assessment.

This Special Issue is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Alberto Ritieni who died unexpectedly on 13 June 2023.  I would like to thank the Professor for his countless scientific contributions to the entire community and for conveying to us his extensive knowledge in the field of mycotoxins and food safety. Thank you, Professor, from all of us.

Dr. Luana Izzo
Dr. Alessandra Cimbalo
Dr. Michela Grosso
Guest Editors

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• mycotoxins
• food contaminants
• method development
• mass spectrometry
• diet supplements
• occurrence
• retrospective analysis