Analysis, Detection Technology and Safety Risk Assessment of Food Contaminants—2nd Edition
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2024) | Viewed by 6460
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food analysis; immunoassay; antibody engineering; hapten design; biosensor; food safety; nanomaterials
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Interests: immunosensor; immunoassay; antibody engineering; nanobody; fluorescent sensor; biotoxin detection; food analysis
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Interests: hapten design for chemical compound in food; production of recognition materials; immunoassay for food safety; food science and quality; antibiotic resistance; environmental drugs and toxins; veterinary medicine; zoonosis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food contamination is one of the most significant issues affecting human health and food safety. Common food contaminants include antibiotics, mycotoxins, foodborne pathogens, metal ions, pesticide residues, allergens, etc., which can occur in foods as a result of, for instance, food production, processing, transport, storage. The consumption of contaminated food products could lead to foodborne diseases such as food poisoning, diarrhea, indigestion, neurotoxicity, and others, even at low doses. Based on the reports of the World Health Organization (WHO), annually, an estimated 600 million people are in poor health after eating contaminated food, with 42,000 dying as a result. For this reason, food safety risk assessment is becoming increasingly important.
A wide range of analytical techniques and methodologies for contaminant detection have emerged in endless forms, ranging from conventional immunoassays represented by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) and lateral flow immunochromatography assays (LFIAs), to biosensors with various transducer types, especially fluorescence, colorimetry, chemiluminescence, surface plasmon resonance, surface-enhanced Raman scattering optical aptasensors, electrochemical aptasensors, etc. New technologies are promoting the development of the detection of hazardous food contaminants and their application in food safety.
Thus, in order to ensure food quality and safety and protect human health from potential hazards, the main goal of this Special Issue is to collect manuscripts that enable the recent progress to be built upon and the novel knowledge about detection technology and safety risk assessment for food contaminants to be broadened in the field of food safety.
Dr. Xiangmei Li
Dr. Lin Luo
Prof. Dr. Zhanhui Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food contaminants
- food analysis
- food safety
- risk assessment
- biosensors
- detection technology
- novel signal transducers
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