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- Editorial Board
- Food Physics and (Bio)Chemistry Section
- Food Engineering and Technology Section
- Food Quality and Safety Section
- Food Analytical Methods Section
- Food Packaging and Preservation Section
- Food Nutrition Section
- Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Section
- Sensory and Consumer Sciences Section
- Food Security and Sustainability Section
- Food Microbiology Section
- Meat Section
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- Dairy Section
- Foodomics Section
Section Board for 'Food Quality and Safety' (38)
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REQUIMTE, Laboratory of Bromatology and Hydrology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
Interests: analytical methods; food lipids; food technology; food authenticity; food safety; food waste
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Interests: analytical methods; food lipids; food technology; food authenticity; food safety; food waste
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Agriculture: Oil Production
Special Issue in Foods: Advanced Research on Lipid Components in Food
Special Issue in Foods: The Future of Foods: Recent Advances and Perspectives on Food Quality and Safety
Special Issue in Foods: Advanced Research on Lipid Components in Food
Special Issue in Foods: The Future of Foods: Recent Advances and Perspectives on Food Quality and Safety
Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss;
Research Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology; Kansas State University
Interests: global food security partnerships; mycotoxins; molecular plant pathology; post-harvest loss; crop improvement
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Research Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology; Kansas State University
Interests: global food security partnerships; mycotoxins; molecular plant pathology; post-harvest loss; crop improvement
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Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, PO Box 226, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AP, UK
Interests: listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus; high hydrostatic pressure; bacterial acid resistance; glutamate decarboxylase system; food safety; antimicrobials
Interests: listeria monocytogenes; Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus; high hydrostatic pressure; bacterial acid resistance; glutamate decarboxylase system; food safety; antimicrobials
Prof. Dr. Hans Verhagen
Nutrition Innovation Centre for Food and Health (NICHE); Ulster University; Northern-Ireland
Interests: food safety; nutrition; novel foods; health claims; risk-benefit assessment
Interests: food safety; nutrition; novel foods; health claims; risk-benefit assessment
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
Interests: food safety; food hygiene; food microbiology; chemical risk in foods; commercial fraud
Interests: food safety; food hygiene; food microbiology; chemical risk in foods; commercial fraud
Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, Italy
Interests: food safety; food microbiota; shelf-life of food products; food spoilage
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Interests: food safety; food microbiota; shelf-life of food products; food spoilage
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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Interests: food technology; food analysis; food chemistry; olive oil quality and authenticity; sensory analysis; lipid oxidation; antioxidants; flavour
Interests: food technology; food analysis; food chemistry; olive oil quality and authenticity; sensory analysis; lipid oxidation; antioxidants; flavour
Nutrition and Food Science Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: biopolymer biophysics; food nanotechnology; micro- and nano-encapsulation for controlled release; functional foods; nutrient delivery; biodegradable packaging materials; microgreen; antimicrobial agents and antioxidants; biosensor; biopolymer coatings
Interests: biopolymer biophysics; food nanotechnology; micro- and nano-encapsulation for controlled release; functional foods; nutrient delivery; biodegradable packaging materials; microgreen; antimicrobial agents and antioxidants; biosensor; biopolymer coatings
Virginia Tech, Food Sci and Technol, Seafood AREC. Virginia Seafood AREC, 102 S. King Street, Hampton, VA 23669, USA
Interests: seafood processing; value-added products; alternative proteins including algae, insects, plants, food, and agricultural wastes; microbiology; rapid detection technology; novel sanitizers; cellular agriculture
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Interests: seafood processing; value-added products; alternative proteins including algae, insects, plants, food, and agricultural wastes; microbiology; rapid detection technology; novel sanitizers; cellular agriculture
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Foods: Innovative Approaches to Improve the Safety and Quality of Seafood
Special Issue in Foods: Engineered and Cell-Based Meat and Seafood
Special Issue in Foods: Engineered and Cell-Based Meat and Seafood
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada, Guelph Research and Development Center, Guelph, ON, Canada
Interests: mycotoxin in food/feed; mycotoxin detoxification; food chemical safety; biological control; fungal spoilage
Interests: mycotoxin in food/feed; mycotoxin detoxification; food chemical safety; biological control; fungal spoilage
Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN, CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Interests: valorization; encapsulation; edible films; active packaging; seafood products
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Interests: valorization; encapsulation; edible films; active packaging; seafood products
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Department of Nutrition and Food Science & Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD 07042, USA
Interests: food safety microbiology; food toxicology; predictive microbiology modeling; microbiological risk assessment; mycotoxin; food safety regulations
Interests: food safety microbiology; food toxicology; predictive microbiology modeling; microbiological risk assessment; mycotoxin; food safety regulations
State Key Lab of Food Science and Technology, International Joint Research Laboratory for Biointerface and Biodetection, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
Interests: food safety; fast detection; biosensor; bioimaging
Interests: food safety; fast detection; biosensor; bioimaging
Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food, Agriculture and Environment, University of the studies of Teramo, via Balzarini 1, 64100 Teramo, Italy
Interests: biogenic amines; food quality
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Interests: biogenic amines; food quality
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Foods: Biogenic Amines and Food Safety
Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, 47521 Cesena, Italy
Interests: olive oil; food quality; food authenticity; chromatography; sensory analysis
Interests: olive oil; food quality; food authenticity; chromatography; sensory analysis
Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Antikalamos 24100, Kalamata, Greece
Interests: food technology; food engineering; food safety; food quality; extra virgin olive oil; mycotoxins
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Interests: food technology; food engineering; food safety; food quality; extra virgin olive oil; mycotoxins
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Foods: Microbiology of Fermented Foods and Beverages
Special Issue in Foods: Qualitative Analysis of Food Products
Special Issue in Foods: Extra Virgin Olive Oil Quality, Safety, and Authenticity
Special Issue in Foods: Occurrence, Importance and Control Strategies of Major Mycotoxins in Foods-Prevention and Detoxification
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Advances in Food Processing (Food Preservation, Food Safety, Quality and Manufacturing Processes)
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: New Insights in Oral Health and Diets
Special Issue in Foods: Foods: 10th Anniversary
Special Issue in Foods: Implementation of Chemometrics and Other Techniques as Means of Authenticity and Traceability to Detect Adulteration in Foods for The Protection Of Human Health
Special Issue in Microorganisms: Microbial Diversity of Fermented Food
Special Issue in Foods: Scientific Insights and Technological Advances in Gluten Free Products Development
Special Issue in Foods: Qualitative Analysis of Food Products
Special Issue in Foods: Extra Virgin Olive Oil Quality, Safety, and Authenticity
Special Issue in Foods: Occurrence, Importance and Control Strategies of Major Mycotoxins in Foods-Prevention and Detoxification
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Advances in Food Processing (Food Preservation, Food Safety, Quality and Manufacturing Processes)
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: New Insights in Oral Health and Diets
Special Issue in Foods: Foods: 10th Anniversary
Special Issue in Foods: Implementation of Chemometrics and Other Techniques as Means of Authenticity and Traceability to Detect Adulteration in Foods for The Protection Of Human Health
Special Issue in Microorganisms: Microbial Diversity of Fermented Food
Special Issue in Foods: Scientific Insights and Technological Advances in Gluten Free Products Development
Nutrition & Food Safety, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA
Interests: food science; food safety; applied nutrition for all ages
Interests: food science; food safety; applied nutrition for all ages
University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Interests: food safety; food inspection; high-resolution mass spectrometry; metabolomics, gas chromatography
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Interests: food safety; food inspection; high-resolution mass spectrometry; metabolomics, gas chromatography
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Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Via Delle Piagge 2, 56124, Pisa, Italy
Interests: food safety; food safety management systems; HACCP; food certification; food quality; food and feed contaminants; food process; smart technologies; dematerialization
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Interests: food safety; food safety management systems; HACCP; food certification; food quality; food and feed contaminants; food process; smart technologies; dematerialization
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Special Issue in
Foods: Future Challenges in Food Safety
Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Interests: food technology; food quality; novel foods; sensory analysis; shelf life; storage; wine; olive oil; bread; sourdough
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Interests: food technology; food quality; novel foods; sensory analysis; shelf life; storage; wine; olive oil; bread; sourdough
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Department of Agricultural Sciences, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
Interests: food packaging; food shelf life; food processing; functional food; food by-product valorization
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Interests: food packaging; food shelf life; food processing; functional food; food by-product valorization
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Normandie University, UNICAEN, Unité de Recherche Aliments Bioprocédés Toxicologie Environnements (ABTE) EA 4651, 14000 Caen, France
Interests: food toxicology; marine products; food safety; risk analysis; microalgae; phycotoxins; ciguatera; functional food; cheese microbiology
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Interests: food toxicology; marine products; food safety; risk analysis; microalgae; phycotoxins; ciguatera; functional food; cheese microbiology
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Foods: Food and Food-Derived Products from Seaweeds
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina - Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Rua Diogo Botelho 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal
Interests: food processing; mathematical modeling; quality kinetics; predictive microbiology; non-thermal technologies; transport phenomena; design and optimization of the food chain; sustainable technology solutions
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Interests: food processing; mathematical modeling; quality kinetics; predictive microbiology; non-thermal technologies; transport phenomena; design and optimization of the food chain; sustainable technology solutions
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LAQV/REQUIMTE - Laboratório de Bromatologia e Hidrologia, Departamento de Ciências Químicas, Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto, 4099-313 Porto, Portugal
Interests: food quality/authenticity; impact of beneficial and harmful compounds on dietary patterns and sustainable foods; chemical contaminants; analytical methods; in vitro gastro-intestinal digestion; sensory analysis; bioactive food compounds
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Interests: food quality/authenticity; impact of beneficial and harmful compounds on dietary patterns and sustainable foods; chemical contaminants; analytical methods; in vitro gastro-intestinal digestion; sensory analysis; bioactive food compounds
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National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Rua dos Lágidos, Lugar da Madalena, 4485- 655 Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal
Interests: food and food packaging analysis; food bioactives; food contaminants; mycotoxins; food packaging migration; development and validation of analytical methods for the determination of food components and food contaminants; mass spectrometry applied to food analysis; development of active packaging with antioxidant properties; edible packaging
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Interests: food and food packaging analysis; food bioactives; food contaminants; mycotoxins; food packaging migration; development and validation of analytical methods for the determination of food components and food contaminants; mass spectrometry applied to food analysis; development of active packaging with antioxidant properties; edible packaging
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Foods: Natural Antioxidants: Innovative Extraction and Application in Foods
Special Issue in Foods: Recent Advances in Antioxidant Active Food Packaging
Special Issue in Foods: Recent Advances in Antioxidant Active Food Packaging
Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities, Victoria University, PO Box 14428, Melbourne, Vic. 8001, Australia
Interests: active packaging; natural antimicrobial and antioxidant agents; food packaging; food authenticity; food shelf-life and storage; phytosterols
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Interests: active packaging; natural antimicrobial and antioxidant agents; food packaging; food authenticity; food shelf-life and storage; phytosterols
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Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Cesena, 47521, Italy
Interests: non-thermal technologies for fruit and vegetable processing (pulsed electric field, ultrasound, vacuum impregnation, osmotic dehydration, high pressure homogenization); waste and byproduct valorization; sustainable food production
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Interests: non-thermal technologies for fruit and vegetable processing (pulsed electric field, ultrasound, vacuum impregnation, osmotic dehydration, high pressure homogenization); waste and byproduct valorization; sustainable food production
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Foods: Safety, Quality and Processing of Fruits and Vegetables
Special Issue in Sustainability: Innovative Food Science and Sustainable Process Management
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Drying Technologies in Food Processing
Special Issue in Sustainability: Innovative Food Science and Sustainable Process Management
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Drying Technologies in Food Processing
Prof. Dr. Richard E. Goodman
Food Allergy Research and Resource Program, Department of Food Science & Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1901 North 21St Street, Lincoln, NE 68588-6207, USA
Interests: allergenic proteins; food allergy; celiac disease; risk assessment
Interests: allergenic proteins; food allergy; celiac disease; risk assessment
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1302 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Interests: rapid detection; food safety; biosensor; pathogens; toxins; microbial genomics; metagenomics; microbiome; virulence; antibiotic resistance; probiotics
Interests: rapid detection; food safety; biosensor; pathogens; toxins; microbial genomics; metagenomics; microbiome; virulence; antibiotic resistance; probiotics
CIMO Mountain Research Center, School of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Santa Apolónia Campus, 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal
Interests: predictive microbiology; quantitative risk assessment; meta-analysis; statistical quality control; Bayesian applications; experimental designs; shelf-life determination
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Interests: predictive microbiology; quantitative risk assessment; meta-analysis; statistical quality control; Bayesian applications; experimental designs; shelf-life determination
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Foods: Innovative Biopreservation and Risk Modelling Approaches for Ensuring Microbial Safety and Quality of Fermented Foods
Special Issue in Foods: Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods (Foods 2020)
Topical Collection in Foods: Food Modelling
Special Issue in Foods: Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Food Science and Functional Foods (Foods 2020)
Topical Collection in Foods: Food Modelling
Chemical and Veterinary Investigation Agency Karlsruhe, Weissenburger Strasse 3, 76187 Karlsruhe, Germany
Interests: food toxicology; regulatory toxicology; food safety; epidemiology; risk assessment; chemical contaminants; cancer; alcoholic beverages; ethanol; acetaldehyde; thujone; formaldehyde; furan
Interests: food toxicology; regulatory toxicology; food safety; epidemiology; risk assessment; chemical contaminants; cancer; alcoholic beverages; ethanol; acetaldehyde; thujone; formaldehyde; furan
Institute for Global Food Security, School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Interests: food safety; chemical residue monitoring; analytical method development; biosensor-based contaminant screening; veterinary drug detection; mass spectrometry analysis; metabolomic/proteomic profiling
Interests: food safety; chemical residue monitoring; analytical method development; biosensor-based contaminant screening; veterinary drug detection; mass spectrometry analysis; metabolomic/proteomic profiling
Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: food safety; foodborne bacterial pathogens; colonization; zoonotic diseases; cynobiotics and prevention with natural antimicrobial
Interests: food safety; foodborne bacterial pathogens; colonization; zoonotic diseases; cynobiotics and prevention with natural antimicrobial
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research and Development Centre, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6, Canada
Interests: fruit; vegetable; post-harvest physiology; quality; physical treatment; UV-C hormesis; conservation; antioxidant
Interests: fruit; vegetable; post-harvest physiology; quality; physical treatment; UV-C hormesis; conservation; antioxidant
1 Senior Technical Officer, NSW Food Authority, Department of Primary Industries, Sydney, Australia
2 Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Food Microbiology, Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Interests: food safety; microbiological risk assessment; foodborne pathogens; safe food supply; HACCP; food safety management; food security; microbial biotechnology
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2 Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Food Microbiology, Department of Wine, Food and Molecular Biosciences, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Interests: food safety; microbiological risk assessment; foodborne pathogens; safe food supply; HACCP; food safety management; food security; microbial biotechnology
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Foods: Food Microbiology and Safety
Special Issue in Foods: Microbial, Chemical and Physical Contamination of Food Products
Special Issue in Foods: Fresh Produce Safety
Special Issue in Foods: Microbial, Chemical and Physical Contamination of Food Products
Special Issue in Foods: Fresh Produce Safety
Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie per la Salute, la Produzione Animale e la Sicurezza Alimentare, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
Interests: food safety; food inspection; high-resolution mass spectrometry; metabolomics, gas chromatography
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Interests: food safety; food inspection; high-resolution mass spectrometry; metabolomics, gas chromatography
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Dr. Abani K. Pradhan
Department of Nutrition and Food Science and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, University of Maryland, 0112 Skinner Building, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Interests: food safety; risk analysis; quantitative risk assessment; food safety engineering; predictive microbiology; molecular epidemiology; food quality; HACCP; food process engineering
Interests: food safety; risk analysis; quantitative risk assessment; food safety engineering; predictive microbiology; molecular epidemiology; food quality; HACCP; food process engineering
Food Quality and Design Group, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 8129, 6700 EV Wageningen, The Netherlands
Interests: food identity; food authenticity and fraud; analytical chemistry
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Interests: food identity; food authenticity and fraud; analytical chemistry
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Foods: Food Identity, Authenticity and Fraud: The Full Spectrum
