Non-destructive Methods in Determining Safety and Quality of Foods

Dear Colleagues,

Methods for non-destructive assessment of food quality are of increasing importance for the food industry and researchers to ensure safe, healthy and high-quality products for the consumer.

Methods such as NIR spectroscopy, remote vision systems and hyperspectral imaging, as well as technologies such as X-ray and NMR-based technologies, are just a few examples.

Meat, dairy products, fruit and vegetables, as well as grains, can be conveniently analysed by various means that do not involve the sample destruction, thus, avoiding waste at the food industry level, but also ensuring that the whole production will be assessed as opposed to a small representative batch.

For research applications, methods that allow non-destructive assessment of food composition or quality, are useful to then use those samples for further analyses, with benefits related to the fundamental understanding of correlations among food constituents or properties.

You are invited to submit your research papers on any aspect related to non-destructive methods for food assessment, from the raw material, to processing and final products, and from both laboratory-based as well as industrial applications.

The final deadline for submitting manuscripts is 20 May 2020. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed, and manuscripts received before the deadline will be immediately processed.

Dr. Nicola Caporaso
Guest Editor

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