Chemical Approaches in Food Quality and Safety
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 546
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food safety; chemical hazards; food contaminants; mycotoxins; pesticide residues; chemical risk assessment; exposure assessment; chromatographic techniques; method validation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ensuring food quality and safety within today’s increasingly complex and interdependent global supply chains is a major scientific and regulatory challenge. The expanding chemical diversity of modern food systems, shaped by intensified production practices, environmental stressors, technological innovation, and the emergence of new contaminants, necessitates robust, highly sensitive, and forward-looking chemical strategies. In this evolving landscape, the chemical sciences are indispensable. They provide not only state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation but also the theoretical and methodological foundations necessary for the precise characterization, quantification, transformation analysis, and effective control of compounds governing food integrity, authenticity, and toxicological safety.
This Special Issue seeks to assemble high-quality contributions that advance analytical, bioanalytical, and chemometric methodologies for comprehensive food system evaluation. Particular emphasis will be placed on innovative sample preparation strategies, advanced chromatographic and mass spectrometric techniques, non-targeted and spectroscopic approaches, and data-driven chemometric tools that enhance analytical reliability and interpretability. Original research articles addressing chemical contaminants, including pesticide residues, mycotoxins, process contaminants, environmental pollutants, and migrants from food contact materials, as well as studies on authenticity, adulteration detection, and risk-oriented chemical profiling, are especially encouraged. Contributions presenting rigorous method development and validation, mechanistic investigations of chemical transformations during processing and storage, and integrative approaches linking analytical chemistry with exposure science and safety assessment are strongly welcomed. Review articles presenting the current state of knowledge on the above topic are also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Bulent Kabak
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- food safety
- analytical chemistry
- contaminants
- mycotoxins
- pesticides
- heavy metals
- process contaminants
- environmental contaminants
- food contact materials
- emerging contaminants
- adulteration
- dietary exposure
- risk assessment
- chromatographic methods
- mass spectrometry
- chemometrics
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