New Challenges in Improving the Quality and Safety of Meat Products

Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you a new Special Issue of Applied Sciences, titled “New challenges in improving the quality and safety of meat products”, which aims to present recent developments in the field of the impact of the processing method on the nutritional value, safety, and other quality attributes of meat products.

Among the various food items, meat products constitute a significant share in the diet of modern man. At the same time, there is a growing demand for meat products that present a high quality in the context of nutritional value, sensory attractiveness and availability, while ensuring their safety. To meet the above requirements, the current industry and researchers have focused their efforts on finding innovations in the meat industry aimed at processing and designing new products (including functional food). On the one hand, there has been a return to tradition (e.g., meat fermentation), while on the other hand, more and more advanced technologies are becoming increasingly often used in meat processing (e.g., using pulsating electric fields, ultrasounds). However, there is still plenty of room to develop an in-depth understanding of the impact of these technologies and manufacturing methods on the quality and safety of meat products.

We invite you to publish original research papers and reviews on topics related to meat products’ quality and safety, advanced technologies in processing, the adulteration of meat products, new preservation techniques for meat, and the nutritional value and functional features of meat products.

We look forward to your contribution.

Dr. Małgorzata Karwowska
Dr. Jose M. Lorenzo
Prof. Dr. Igor Tomašević
Guest Editors

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