Advanced Analytical Technologies to Boost Food Traceability
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 January 2025 | Viewed by 80
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental pollutants; food contaminants; metabolomics; human health; bioactive compounds
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Interests: NMR spectroscopy; food traceability; food chemistry; food authentication; metabolomics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The food supply chain suffers from numerous contaminations, voluntary or involuntary, along the different phases that compose it. Given the growing attention of consumers towards the quality and authenticity of the food on their tables, it is urgent to introduce innovative analytical approaches to quickly reveal any small discrepancies in food products on the shelf compared to quality standards. This Special Issue aims to collect scientific works in the following areas of theoretical and applied research:
- Omic sciences for the evaluation of food authenticity and the preservation of organoleptic as well as nutritional properties;
- New techniques for the on-demand management and control of food quality during storage and transport;
- Application of the IoT to ensure that food has the chemical, physical, and sensorial characteristics suitable for being placed on the market;
- Information technologies for the management of big data collectible during the different phases of the food supply chain.
Dr. Biagia Musio
Prof. Dr. Vito Gallo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- spectroscopy
- spectrometry
- chromatography
- portable devices
- food screening
- nutraceuticals
- bioactive compounds
- health and food
- emerging contaminants
- FoodTech
- smart technologies
- functional ingredients
- food inspection
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