Contamination Monitoring and Analysis Techniques in Food Processing and Safety—Second Edition
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Analytical Methods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
Interests: food analysis; chromatography; ion mobility spectrometry; chemometric; food chemistry; food authentication
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Ensuring the safety and quality of food products is a fundamental priority in modern food systems. With the growing complexity of food production and supply chains, the need for robust contamination monitoring and accurate analytical techniques has become more urgent than ever.
This Special Issue aims to collect original scientific articles and critical reviews focused on a wide range of topics including microbiological and chemical contamination, rapid detection methods, biosensors, spectroscopy, chromatography, molecular techniques, and data-driven analytical approaches such as machine learning in food safety monitoring. In addition, this collection also welcomes contributions focused on food authentication, addressing methods used to verify the origin, composition, and integrity of food products.
This Special Issue not only documents the current state of contamination monitoring and food authentication, but also paves the way for future advancements aimed at creating safer, more transparent food systems.
Dr. María José Cardador
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- contamination monitoring
- food contaminants
- microbiology
- analytical methods
- food processing
- food safety
- food authentication
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