Smart Food Cold Chain Techniques and Traceability System
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 17408
Special Issue Editors
Interests: smart food cold chain; traceability system; information technology; computational fluid dynamics; rapid quality testing; dynamic shelf life prediction
Interests: food cold logistics; cold logistics monitoring; food traceability
Interests: food quality and safety; food supply chain system; complex system modeling; smart sensor technology; optimal control; machine learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cold chain logistics has become an important measure to maintain the quality of postharvest/postmortem agro-food, reduce food loss and ensure food safety. Agro-food cold chain logistics is a systematic engineering process, involving various technologies, such as low-temperature control, postharvest physiology, preservation technology, information management, etc.; covering diverse categories of F&V, meat, milk, aquatic products, etc.; including different links, such as pre-cooling, storage, transportation, and sales, etc. With the rapid growth of new-generation information technologies, represented by big data, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, etc., informatization and intelligence of agro-food cold chain logistics has become an important future trend. Meanwhile, the application of smart food cold chain techniques is promoting the upgrade of food traceability systems in granularity and credibility; and the traceability can effectively guide the cold chain operation. In order to publicize and report the relevant advanced research achievements, the magazine plans to launch the Special Issue "Smart Food Cold Chain Techniques and Traceability System", and is soliciting contributions for the topic.
Prof. Dr. Jianping Qian
Prof. Dr. Luis Ruiz García
Dr. Zhiyao Zhao
Dr. Ultan McCarthy
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cold chain
- traceability
- smart monitoring
- blockchain
- computational fluid dynamics
- food shelf life
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