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Recent Development of Rapid Non-Destructive Detection Technology of Quality and Safety in Foods

A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Quality and Safety".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 2655

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Xinai Zhang

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School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
Interests: electrochemical sensing; portable food analytical methods; monitoring and control of food safety risk factors; development and application of biomimetic nano-probes; rapid detection of food quality
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In this Special Issue, manuscripts are expected to be high-quality, original research representing complete studies and scientific advances relevant to food quality and safety.

User-friendly food technology, including, but not limited to, electrochemical sensing, fluorescence analysis, colorimetric sensing, and Raman detection, will have the advantages of temporariness, easy operation, minimal analytical residues, portability, and reliability for molecular understandings of food systems, eventually bringing benefitting public protection in resource-deficient settings.

Moreover, we encourage the submission of manuscripts encompassing the point-of-use tracking of food processing, complex components, and hazardous substances, such as food additives, pesticide residues, and heavy metal pollution.

Research considered for publication should be of general interest to the scientific community and/or the public, its potential impact should be significant, and the technical quality is expected to conform to the highest standards of monitoring food quality and safety.

Dr. Xinai Zhang
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

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 pollutant monitoring
  • nutrient analysis
  • portable sensing
  • biomimetic catalysis
  • nanozymes
  • guest–host recognition
  • point-of-use tracking

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Advancing Food Safety Surveillance: Rapid and Sensitive Biosensing Technologies for Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria
by Yuerong Feng, Jiyong Shi, Jiaqian Liu, Zhecong Yuan and Shujie Gao
Foods 2025, 14(15), 2654; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14152654 - 29 Jul 2025
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Foodborne pathogenic bacteria critically threaten public health and food industry sustainability, serving as a predominant trigger of food contamination incidents. To mitigate these risks, the development of rapid, sensitive, and highly specific detection technologies is essential for early warning and effective control of [...] Read more.
Foodborne pathogenic bacteria critically threaten public health and food industry sustainability, serving as a predominant trigger of food contamination incidents. To mitigate these risks, the development of rapid, sensitive, and highly specific detection technologies is essential for early warning and effective control of foodborne diseases. In recent years, biosensors have gained prominence as a cutting-edge tool for detecting foodborne pathogens, owing to their operational simplicity, rapid response, high sensitivity, and suitability for on-site applications. This review provides a comprehensive evaluation of critical biorecognition elements, such as antibodies, aptamers, nucleic acids, enzymes, cell receptors, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs), and bacteriophages. We highlight their design strategies, recent advancements, and pivotal contributions to improving detection specificity and sensitivity. Additionally, we systematically examine mainstream biosensor-based detection technologies, with a focus on three dominant types: electrochemical biosensors, optical biosensors, and piezoelectric biosensors. For each category, we analyze its fundamental principles, structural features, and practical applications in food safety monitoring. Finally, this review identifies future research priorities, including multiplex target detection, enhanced processing of complex samples, commercialization, and scalable deployment of biosensors. These advancements are expected to bridge the gap between laboratory research and real-world food safety surveillance, fostering more robust and practical solutions. Full article
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Recent Advances in Food Safety: Nanostructure-Sensitized Surface-Enhanced Raman Sensing
by Zeyan Liu, Renqing Yang, Haili Chen and Xinai Zhang
Foods 2025, 14(7), 1115; https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14071115 - 24 Mar 2025
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Food safety is directly related to human health and has attracted intense attention all over the world. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), as a rapid and selective technique, has been widely applied in monitoring food safety. SERS substrates, as an essential factor for sensing [...] Read more.
Food safety is directly related to human health and has attracted intense attention all over the world. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), as a rapid and selective technique, has been widely applied in monitoring food safety. SERS substrates, as an essential factor for sensing design, greatly influence the analytical performance. Currently, nanostructure-based SERS substrates have garnered significant interest due to their excellent merits in improving the sensitivity, specificity, and stability, holding great potential for the rapid and accurate sensing of food contaminants in complex matrices. This review summarizes the fundamentals of Raman spectroscopy and the used nanostructures for designing the SERS platform, including precious metal nanoparticles, metal–organic frameworks, polymers, and semiconductors. Moreover, it introduces the mechanisms and applications of nanostructures for enhancing SERS signals for monitoring hazardous substances, such as foodborne bacteria, pesticide and veterinary drug residues, food additives, illegal adulterants, and packaging material contamination. Finally, with the continuous progress of nanostructure technology and the continuous improvement of SERS technology, its application prospect in food safety testing will be broader. Full article
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