Risk Assessment of Hazardous Pollutants in Foods
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Toxicology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 August 2025 | Viewed by 1024
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food additives; food contaminants; risk assessment; pharmaceuticals; heavy metals; mycotoxins; food dyes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Potential risks associated with the occurrence of hazardous pollutants in food have become an increasingly important issue in human health. This concern has been driven by the widespread detection of several contaminants in different types of foods. Most of these contaminants are frequently present in food and, albeit detected at trace levels, they are of concern as they can promote deleterious consequences at low concentrations. This is recognized by the food legislation in different countries through the introduction of maximum residue levels for diverse contaminants in several foods.
However, there is still a lack of knowledge on some hazardous pollutants in food, namely important issues for a proper risk evaluation and management.
Therefore, this Special Issue will tackle the Risk Assessment of Hazardous Pollutants in Foods, focusing on the following issues:
-Where do these contaminants come from?
-How can we detect these contaminants?
-What is the occurrence of these contaminants in food?
-How toxic are these contaminants?
-How can we remove these contaminants?
Dr. André Pereira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food contaminants
- mycotoxins
- foodborne pathogenic microorganisms
- pharmaceuticals
- pesticides
- PCBs
- dioxins
- flame retardants
- acrylamide
- furans
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