Current Advances in the Food Safety and Quality Control
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2025) | Viewed by 10093
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food safety; food quality; quality management; risk assessment; food hazard; food street; food production; food hygiene
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Interests: food quality; food safety; food products
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food safety remains a critical issue in the food chain. The Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs required all food business operators to implement a system based on HACCP principles (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) developed by the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
There are also several internationally-accepted private, voluntary standards, including ISO 22000 (Food Safety Management Systems), BRC (British Retail Consortium), IFS (International Food Standard) or FSSC (Food Safety System Certification) or the U.S. FSVP (Foreign Supplier Verification Program mandated by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). The successful implementation of voluntary food safety standards in food businesses is proved during the certification process. Certification is especially important for companies located in developing countries and plays an important role in maintaining confidence in the quality and safety of food products. This Special Issue will be dedicated to new perspectives and advances in ensuring food safety and quality control methods.
Subjects that will be discussed in this Special Issue will focus not only on modern methods of food safety control, solutions providing to food quality management, and further the certification of voluntary standards.
Prof. Dr. Joanna Trafiałek
Dr. Katarzyna Kajak-Siemaszko
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food safety
- quality
- certification
- voluntaty standards
- HACCP
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