Food Contamination: Threats, Impacts and Challenges to Food Security
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Toxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 February 2026 | Viewed by 28
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Interests: food quality and safety; immunoassay; DNA bio-barcode; DNA nanostructure; trace detection;
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Interests: analytical methods and risk assessment of contaminants in vegetables; identification and evaluation technology for nutritional and functional components in vegetables
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food contaminants and residues pose a threat to human health. Contaminants and their residues, such as mycotoxins, persistent organic pollutants (POPs), heavy metal ions, illegal additives, pesticide residues, and veterinary drug residues, are present in food, presenting a great threat to the quality and safety of food. With the increasing awareness of health care and food safety, understanding the threats, impacts and challenges of food contaminants is a hot topic in ensuring food security. These demands have prompted food safety-focused researchers to develop advanced analytical technologies for food contaminants.
With this Special Issue, we hope to present recent developments in the use of novel detection technologies to monitor food contaminants and residues, and exploration of the relationships among the threats, impacts and challenges of food contaminants to promote the monitoring of food contaminants and residues. We are highly interested in manuscripts related to the threats, impacts and challenges of food contaminants in food security. Original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and other article types will be considered.
Dr. Ge Chen
Prof. Dr. Donghui Xu
Dr. Lin Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food quality
- food safety
- food contaminants
- residues
- detection technology
- nanomaterials
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