Biosensors for Food Safety

Dear Colleagues,

Ensuring food safety across the supply chain is critical to minimizing foodborne disease outbreaks. The detection and quantitation of microbial pathogens and toxins in real time remains an unmet challenge because of the complex nature of food matrices and the trace levels of these pathogens and toxins that can cause disease. This Special Issue compiles recent biosensor research that combines the selectivity of biorecognition elements, novel transduction architectures, microfluidics, and novel data processing algorithms. The literature on biosensors for food safety is typically abundant and justifiably focuses on achieving low detection limits. However, the robustness, reproducibility, scalability, and applicability of many biosensors are rarely discussed, especially in the context of sample preparation. To maximize the impact of this Special Issue, authors are encouraged to include such discussion and perspectives in a special section within the conclusions section of each article.

Prof. Dr. Ramaraja Ramasamy
Dr. José I. Reyes-De-Corcuera
Dr. Baviththira Suganthan
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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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. Biosensors is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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• bacteria
• toxins
• pesticidal residue/pesticides
• fertilizers
• fungus
• viruses
• food borne pathogens
• biosensors
• microfluidics