Advances in Meat Quality and Quality Control
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Meat".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Meat, as a primary source of high-quality protein for humans, has become a focal point in the transformation and advancement of the food industry. This is driven by changes in its nutritional composition during processing, quality fluctuations during storage, and the need for precise detection of its quality and main components. The core issues in meat research include evaluating the impact of different processing conditions and techniques on meat quality; analyzing the formation, migration, and accumulation of hazardous substances during processing, developing preservation technologies and shelf-life prediction methods; and exploring the application of emerging non-destructive testing techniques for meat authenticity verification and quality control.
Prof. Dr. Hongman Hou
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- meat quality and control
- preservation and shelf-life
- non-destructive testing
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