Sensor Technologies for Measurements of Food Quality

Dear Colleagues,

The development of rapid technologies for controlling food quality and managing crops is imperative in order to maximize productivity and profitability and to minimize the environmental impacts of agriculture.  The food industry continues to be faced with the need to supply high-quality and safe food products while addressing the issue of monitoring the quality of food processing.

Fast food analysis methods can help to ensure that food products meet regulatory requirements and quality standards, which  can lead to improved customer satisfaction and an increase in consumer confidence in the safety and quality of the products they purchase.

This Special Issue is dedicated, but not limited to, the new technologies of food analysis (NIRS, FTIR, fluorescence, electrochemical sensors, chemical sensors and biosensors, real-time PCR, and ELISA, among others). New developed methods should not require important sample preparation steps and should be advantageous in terms of rapidity compared to conventional analytical methods of analysis. Recent advances in rapid measurement technologies have opened up new opportunities for the food industry.

This Special Issue aims to disseminate novel research on the development and application of rapid measurement techniques and sensing techniques for determining the quality of agricultural and food products. Authors are welcome to submit original research and review papers.

Dr. Mercedes Del Río Celestino
Dr. Rafael Font Villa
Guest Editors

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