State-of-the-Art Analytical Technologies for Food Safety, Quality and Authenticity Assessment

Dear Colleagues,

Food safety, quality and authenticity are emerging topics of great interest for all  those involved in the food supply chain, starting from the food industry and producers to consumers, legal authorities and food science researchers. As it is well known, there are diverse factors that may affect the chemical composition of foods and the presence of contaminants such as the conditions of cultivation and breeding, geographical origin, variety, type of feed, processing, packaging, transportation and storage. Therefore, the implementation of sensitive, accurate, robust and efficient high-throughput analytical methodologies is needed to secure their safety and assess their quality and authenticity in terms of nutritional, organoleptic and bioactive characteristics. To address this imperative need, advanced analytical tools can be employed such as chromatographic techniques coupled to mass spectrometry, spectroscopic techniques, DNA-based methods and state-of-the-art omics approaches. In this context, this Special Issue will extensively cover the topics of application of state-of-the-art analytical techniques for food safety, quality and authenticity assessment. Scientists are warmly invited to submit their original contributions (reviews, original research papers and short communication) to this Special Issue, which will be of interest to a wide range of readers. In the case of review articles, an additional brief (1–2 pages) description of the topic including a draft index is required. This preliminary step is essential to avoid the overlap of topics.

Dr. Marilena Dasenaki
Dr. NIki Maragou
Guest Editors

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