Sustainability and Food Safety
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Food".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 3128
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food safety; food engineering; nanotechnology; antimicrobial compounds
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: food safety; food packaging; food processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food safety and sustainability have significant public health, economic, and environmental implications for human beings. Millions of cases of foodborne illness and billions of dollars in losses due to food spoilage have led to an increasing demand for food safety improvements of a sustainable manner. Many scientists are focusing on the development of new technologies to make our food safer and healthier. In the meanwhile, reducing food loss and waste across the global food supply chain can alleviate the environmental burden. In this case, we would like to invite you to participate in this Special Issue of Sustainability titled “Sustainability and Food Safety”, where you can contribute your thoughts and share your research outcomes.
This Special Issue will cover the progress in aspects of food safety improvements, particularly addressing environmental, economic, energy, and sanitary sustainability. The specific topics relevant to this issue include but are not limited to traditional and innovative food processing technologies, food packaging processes or materials, natural antimicrobial or antifungal compositions, developments in approaches that are effective at reducing agricultural food wastes and pesticides, biosensors for rapid detection of bacteria, and nanotechnology in food processing or delivery. Review papers concerning food safety issues and which address issues related to scalability, sustainability, environmental friendliness, and low cost are also welcome.
Dr. Jie Xu
Prof. Dr. Hongchao Zhang
Prof. Dr. Juzhong Tan
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- foodborne pathogens
- food safety
- food sustainability
- sustainable food processing
- innovative technologies
- natural antimicrobials
- biosensors
- rapid and non- destructive detection
- food traceability and supply chain
- risk management
- nanotechnology
- food waste
