Microbiological Safety of Beverages

Dear Colleagues,

Beverages satisfy basic needs for humans, but if they become contaminated, microorganisms can proliferate and cause spoilage or food poisoning. Recently, repeated detection of microbes, including enterobacteriaceae, in classic beverages such as carbonated soft drinks dispensed from fountain machines in developed countries, are now a major concern. For traditional fermented and non-fermented beverages, the beneficial or detrimental roles of microorganisms that are present are still not well explored. Therefore, it is important that more studies be carried out on the microbial safety of beverages, especially during manufacturing, handling, and storage. This Special Issue welcomes articles on microorganisms present in all types of beverages, with a clear connection to food safety. It covers new applications, microbial surveys, risk assessment, detection and quantification of microbial metabolites or toxins present in beverages. Reports dealing only with prevalence, characterization or identification (16S or 26S sequencing) of microorganisms will only be considered if new scientific information is included.

Dr. Ogueri Nwaiwu
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Beverages is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.