The Authentication of Food and Beverages Products: Where We Stand
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2020) | Viewed by 9093
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculty of Sciences, BioISI – Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute Campo Grande, University of Lisboa, C8 bdg, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Interests: authenticity; olive oil; wine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The food market is currently a global market, with food being exchanged all around the world. The retailing food business is becoming more competitive. Alongside it, e-commerce is becoming more widely used by consumers. The result of these worldwide food exchanges are the growing consumers’ concerns with food authenticity, especially when the food products are added-value products associated to a particular denomination, such as the ones defined by a European Regulation, e.g., Protected Denomination of Origin (PDO), or Indication of Geographical Provenance (IGP). Although several regulations have been imposed to control such products, the number of fraudulent practices is increasing, with high repercussions for the good name of such food products. The development of technological approaches to control such products has been arising, allowing to control the two dimensions concerned in a robust authenticity system: geographical provenance and species/varietal/breed composition.
Hence, in this Special Issue, we invite authors to submit cutting-edge research papers or reviews on the application of technological approaches (OMICs; chemical; etc.) suitable to characterize one or both dimensions of a food/beverage authenticity scheme. This Special Issue also aims to give a defined perspective as to where we stand in terms of technological approach to set the basis to implement an authenticity scheme for a given food/beverage product. As part of the current European Smart Specialization strategy in the Agrifood sector, the strengthening of analytical integrated tests in food and beverages may be considered as part of the “Key Enabling Technologies” (KETs), enhancing capacity to deliver innovative, sustainable, and inclusive growth in the agrifood sector.
Prof. Paula Martins-Lopes
Dr. Rita Vignani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Authenticity
- Molecular and chemical integrated authentication tests
- Analytical traceability
- Geographical origin
- Protection of food products with denomination
- Protection of beverages with denomination
- Databases