The Influence of Environment and Management on the Animal-Origin Products

Dear Colleagues,

Interest in the interaction between the environment and food quality has increased. Using different pathways, both terrestrial and aquatic systems can expose animals to inorganic and organic pollutants that can be accumulated in food, such as dairy products, meat products, fish, crustaceans and mollusks. Pollutants can also be generated and transferred to these products through different processes (smoking, drying and heating), as well as cooking methods (roasting, baking, frying and grilling), or via release from packaging materials.

Therefore, foodstuff can present complex mixtures of these polluting compounds, causing adverse effects on human health while containing essential and beneficial sources of organoleptic and nutraceutical compounds such as specific fatty acids, glucans, polyphenols, vitamins and other antioxidants.

These last beneficial substances and pollutant compounds are present in the natural environment and could be transferred to food of animal origin.

This Special Issue invites original manuscripts that focus on these aspects, especially considering interdisciplinary studies that pay attention to the risks and benefits to humans related to the consumption of food of animal origin, particularly:

• The occurrence of environmental contaminants in food of animal origin;
• Environmental interaction with the occurrence of nutraceutical compounds in food of animal origin;
• The occurrence of contaminants in food of animal origin due to making processes and cooking methods;
• Innovative productive processes, techniques and management systems improving the safety of food of animal origin;
• The assessment of risks and benefits to humans related to the consumption of food of animal origin.

Dr. Cristina Giosuè
Dr. Fabio D'Agostino
Dr. Giuseppe Avellone
Dr. Serena Indelicato
Guest Editors

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