New Methodologies to Ensure the Safety and Quality of Agricultural Products and Food Ingredients
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food adulteration; hygienic safety; active and intelligent packaging; sensory analysis
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Interests: expert in sensory analysis; official olive oil taster for the Regional Government of Andalusia in the Montes de Granada PDO; and coordinator of the tasting committee for the Vinos de Granada PDO
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
New methodologies for ensuring the safety and quality of agricultural and food products combine precision agriculture with advanced processing and preservation techniques (microencapsulation, supercritical CO2, HPP, plasma, and phages) and biotechnology (biosensors and CRISPR). These methodologies improve traceability, contaminant detection, and production efficiency. However, none of this is feasible without adequate analysis techniques to guarantee the hygienic quality of agricultural and food products, thereby strengthening consumer confidence. In this context of constant evolution, it is necessary to adopt cutting-edge analysis techniques that optimize all links in the food chain in order to inspect food quality and safety more thoroughly. These cutting-edge analysis techniques include mass spectrometry coupled with chromatography, real-time PCR, biosensors, data analysis with artificial intelligence, and smart packaging technology, among others. These technologies enable the rapid detection of contaminants and pathogens, real-time monitoring, and more precise control of the entire supply chain.
Prof. Dr. Marina Villalón-Mir
Dr. José Javier Quesada-Granados
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new analysis methodologies
- safety and quality of agricultural and food products
- biotechnology
- biosensors
- smart packaging technology
- data analysis artificial intelligence
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