Rapid and Non-destructive Determination of Food Quality Control

Dear Colleagues,

The quality control of food products is a constant concern of producers, consumers and legal authorities. In the case of producers, it is essential to have a tool that ensures the final quality of the product in an easy, rapid, reliable and non-destructive way. It is very difficult for producers to build a trustable brand and very easy to lose all the acquired trust. For consumers, it is important to trust that the products purchased will not have any detrimental effect on their health and that the product quality is guaranteed. Finally, legal authorities must monitor the quality of the products available to consumers to ensure their safety, in terms of their physicochemical compositions and origin, in addition to verifying possible adulterations. Therefore, it is necessary to develop analytical techniques capable of fulfilling all the proposed objectives in order to provide a higher security and protection of the food products regarding not only economic impact but also public health. If these techniques are also cost-effective, environmentally friendly and capable of being applied in situ, it would be very innovative and geared towards the needs of our society.

Dr. Ricardo Páscoa
Guest Editor

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