The Impact of Pollution on The Sustainability of Food Systems
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food science; valorization of by-products from the food industry; methods for evaluating the antimicrobial activity of bioactive compounds
Interests: food science and engineering; food quality control; valorization of by-products from the food industry; methods for the evaluation of antioxidant activity and bioactive compounds; natural bioactive compounds for use in food systems
Interests: food science and engineering; food quality control; food safety; valorization of by-products from the food industry; methods for the evaluation of antioxidant activity and bioactive compounds; natural bioactive compounds for use in food systems
Interests: antimicrobial activity of some compounds, extracts, and oils from plants and plant residues; applicability in the pharmaceutical, food, and agricultural fields; soil quality and health; biofertilizers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Advancing sustainability requires a holistic approach to managing food resources in a dynamic socio-economic context, with the ultimate goal of preventing ecological crises. Current challenges in terms of finding healthy food products concern the various pollutions of the soil, air, and water, which affect raw materials through the transfer of these pollutants—physical, chemical, and microbiological. These must be neutralized so that the final product does not exert negative effects on consumer health. In this effort, appropriate methods must be found to, on the one hand, prevent pollution and, on the other hand, identify the presence of contaminants along the food chain and implement decontamination strategies that do not have a negative impact on the environment. At the same time, in the food industry, we must focus on ecological technologies and on generating as little waste as possible, finding methods that can use, for the most part, the waste resulting from food processing technologies, thus applying the principles of the circular economy. Considering these directions of study, we believe that this Special Issue adheres to the journal’s scholarly objectives, and, through the research results of colleagues in the same field of research, we will be able to make significant contributions in terms of sustainability in the food industry. Beyond this, we will be able to disseminate the results of research whose objectives are to highlight the ways in which the sustainable use of resources is promoted, the ways in which the environmental impact of the technologies used is reduced, the techniques through which we will be able to reduce food waste, and waste recovery methods resulting from various technologies in the circular economy.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Corina Dana Mişcă
Dr. Delia-Gabriela Dumbrava
Dr. Camelia Moldovan
Dr. Aurica B. Borozan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food waste recovery
- food technologies
- circular economy
- soil pollution
- microbiological contamination
- consumer health
- food sustainability
- sustainable use
- food resources
- food waste
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