Emerging Detection Techniques for Foodborne Pathogens and Related Bacterial Toxins

Dear Colleagues,

Foodborne diseases pose considerable threats to human health and hinder sustainable economic and social development. More than 250 foodborne illnesses have been identified worldwide, and most of them are caused by foodborne pathogens and related bacterial toxins. The rapid and sensitive detection of foodborne pathogens is essential in controlling food safety. Recently, various emerging strategies and techniques have been developed for monitoring the presence of pathogens and related bacterial toxins in food, thereby accelerating food safety assurance. Compared with traditional analytical methods, these emerging strategies and techniques provide more advantages with respect to the detecting speed, high throughput, sensitivity, robustness, portability, user friendliness, and accessibility. Thus, this Special Issue aims to emphasize the latest developments of these emerging strategies and techniques and their potentials in detecting diverse foodborne pathogens. In short, we hope this Special Issue can help researchers to understand the current status and future improvements in this field.

Prof. Dr. Yonghua Xiong
Prof. Dr. Xiaolin Huang
Guest Editors

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