Advances in Food Toxicology and Human Health Risk Assessment
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2026 | Viewed by 1187
Special Issue Editors
Interests: public health; environmental health; health risk assessment; occupational health; food safety; food toxicology
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Interests: biomonitoring; pesticide exposure; analytical toxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ensuring the safety of our food supply remains one of the most critical challenges in modern public health, given growing environmental concerns, the emergence of novel contaminants, and increasing insights into their health effects. In recent years, the presence of contaminants such as pesticide residues, mycotoxins, heavy metals, and emerging pollutants in food has raised significant public health concerns worldwide. Regulatory frameworks are continually updated in response to new toxicological evidence, while risk assessment methodologies are evolving to better reflect real-world human exposure scenarios. In this context, advances in food toxicology play a crucial role in informing policy decisions and protecting consumers. Food toxicology is now a fundamental discipline for identifying, characterising, and assessing the health risks associated with a wide range of hazardous substances present in food. This Special Issue welcomes contributions addressing current challenges and advances in food toxicology and human health risk assessment, including original research articles and reviews on the detection, quantification, and toxicological characterisation of both naturally occurring toxins and environmental contaminants in food. Studies using cumulative and aggregate risk assessment frameworks to explore the combined effects of multiple substances on human dietary exposure are also welcome, as are contributions that integrate toxicological, epidemiological, and regulatory perspectives to strengthen the evidence base for public health strategies and food safety policies. We look forward to receiving submissions that enhance our understanding of food-related health risks and support the development of more effective food safety policies.
Dr. Nika Pavlović
Dr. Matthaios P. Kavvalakis
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. Foods is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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 2900 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.
Keywords
- food toxicology
- human health risk assessment
- food contaminants
- dietary exposure
- pesticide residues
- mycotoxins
- heavy metals
- emerging contaminants
- cumulative risk assessment
- exposure assessment
- food safety regulation
- public health
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