Emerging Disinfection and Sterilization Technologies for Food Applications
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (24 September 2023) | Viewed by 301
Special Issue Editors
2. Engineering Research Centre of Fujian-Taiwan Special Marine Food Processing and Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, China
Interests: non-thermal sterilization; photodynamic treatment; low-voltage electrostatic field treatment
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Interests: non-thermal sterilization; photodynamic treatment; low-voltage electrostatic field treatment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bacterial contamination is one of the main causes of food spoilage and foodborne illness. The food industry would benefit greatly from novel sterilization methods to inactivate bacterial pathogens. In the last decade, the emergence of new antibacterial agents and natural preservatives promoted the rapid evolution of fresh-keeping and sterilization in food preservation, which effectively reduce the risk of foodborne infections, decrease microbial spoilage, and preserve freshness attributes and nutritional quality.
The purpose of this Special Issue of Foods is to provide the reader with an update on novel antibacterial agents and natural preservatives, such as antimicrobial peptides, phage enzymes, quorum sensing inhibitors, polyoxometalates, etc. Submissions about screening strategies for the discovery of these compounds are also welcomed.
Dr. Jiamiao Hu
Dr. Shaoling Lin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antibacterial
- sterilization
- preservatives
- fresh-keeping
- shelf-life extension
- bacterial spoilage
- foodborne infections
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