Recent Advances in the Detection of Food Contaminants and Pollutants
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 54
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food safety; food analysis; fraud; contamination analysis; GC–MS; HPLC–MS/MS; CE-UV; HPLC-Q TRAP atmospheric pollution; bioaerosol; drug metabolites
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Interests: environmental chemistry; particulate matter; organic pollutants; trace metal analysis; bioaerosol; oxidative potential; occupational exposure, food contact material migration, risk assessments; ICP-MS; GC–MS; CE-UV; HPLC–MS/MS ; HPLC-QTRAP
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Foods are a source of nutrients and energy for mankind. However, due to physicochemical changes during food handling, preparation and storage, combined with aging, oxidation, hydrolysis and rancidity reactions, the texture and original taste/flavor of foods and food safety may be altered.
At the same time, the presence and occurrence of "old and new" pollutants and intentional and non-intentional contaminants can seriously compromise not only the nutritional value and organoleptic characteristics, but also harm human health.
The main disadvantage when detecting chemicals in food samples is the different and varied chemical–physical nature of the analytes, which may require multiple approaches, and often, there is no single technique able to solve the problem.
Alongside traditional detection systems, mass spectrometry (MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS), combined with different separation methodologies, are the most suitable and ideal techniques thanks to their high sensitivity, selectivity and ability to manage complex mixtures from qualitative (targeted and non-targeted analyses) and quantitative (up to ultra trace level) point of views.
This Special Issue aims to collect the latest studies and recent technological advances in mass spectrometry and its integration with alternative/complementary techniques for the correct and broadest possible characterization of food contaminants and pollutants.
Dr. Francesca Buiarelli
Dr. Giulia Simonetti
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- food contamination
- pollutant detection
- metabolites
- targeted and untargeted analysis
- separative techniques
- mass spectrometry
- spectroscopic techniques
- food safety
