Foods of Animal Origin

Dear Colleagues,

Although the consumption of animal products continues to increase, the food safety issues of these products have a major impact on today's society by creating distrust among consumers. Products of animal origin have to agree with the growing demand for natural, additive-free, residue-free, healthy, safety, and sustainable foods. Aspects as authenticity, presence of foreign compounds, residues in foods are other important factors for the consumers and in the industry of foods of animal origin.

Among the innovations are new safety analyses, using of new ingredients, new technologies to its incorporation itself, organic packaging (new formats with less packaging or recyclable ones), new formulations, also special emphasis on health and safety aspects. Small changes in ingredients or external conditions can greatly affect the final quality and stability.

This Special Issue will discuss many of the challenges and innovations in foods of animal origin (meat and meat products, fish and seafood, milk and dairy foods), related to safety analysis, additive-free, new ingredients, which will open new opportunities for this industry.

Prof. Dr. Estrella Sayas-Barberá
Guest Editor

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