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Analytical Methodologies for Food Quality Control and Safety
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Analytical Methodologies for Food Quality Control and Safety

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Science and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2023) | Viewed by 1042

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Lucia Parafati

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Department of Agriculture Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: crop protection; plant protection; plant pathology; food quality; phytopathology; food science and technology; food preservation; food science
Dr. Rosa Palmeri

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Department of Agriculture Food and Environment (Di3A), University of Catania, Catania, Italy
Interests: food science and technology; food industry applications; plant extracts; shelf life; food quality; microbial safety
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Dear Colleagues,

The control and safety of food must be guaranteed for all consumers. To do this, research aims to improve the quality control of food both through suitable preparation of samples and through various techniques, such as analytical, general analysis, determination and separation, biological, rheological, etc.

All strategies should improve the quality control of food by acting in synergy both from a chemical–physical and microbiological point of view.

In this Special Issue on “Analytical Methodologies for Food Quality Control and Safety”, we welcome papers that enhance our understanding of the use of different analytical methodologies that can improve quality control and food safety, prevent chemical risk and microbiological problems associated with non-compliant products, and prevent product loss due to spoilage.

Dr. Lucia Parafati
Dr. Rosa Palmeri
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Photo-Stimulated Luminescence Approach for Effective Identification of Irradiated Fruit
by Emanuela Bortolin, Concetta Boniglia, Maria Campaniello, Andrea Chiappinelli, Marina Foti, Marco Iammarino, Olga Lai, Valeria Nardelli, Antonella Nardoni, Irene Palermo, Maria Cristina Quattrini and Michele Tomaiuolo
Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(9), 5767; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13095767 - 07 May 2023
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This work reports the results of a study carried out to verify the applicability of the CEN EN 13751 method, based on the photo-stimulated luminescence (PSL) technique, for the identification of irradiated fruit. A total of 15 types of fresh and dried fruit [...] Read more.
This work reports the results of a study carried out to verify the applicability of the CEN EN 13751 method, based on the photo-stimulated luminescence (PSL) technique, for the identification of irradiated fruit. A total of 15 types of fresh and dried fruit not irradiated and irradiated (0.5 and 1 kGy) were tested. Preliminary tests were performed on samples of fresh kiwis, lemons, mangoes, oranges, papayas, pineapples and tangerines, dried dates, dried prunes and raisins. Successively, an inter-comparative test was organized, whereby four Italian official control laboratories analyzed eight matrices, namely, kiwi, orange, dried fig, raisin, hazelnut, peanut, pistachio and walnut. The results indicated considerable differences in the radiation PSL sensitivities of the different types of fruit as well as among the PSL responses obtained from different batches of the same fruit. The best results were obtained with some types of dried fruit, namely, pistachios, peanuts, dried figs and raisins. Irradiated fresh fruit generally gave non-positive results, mainly intermediate and even very close to the negative threshold. Tests performed on kiwi, mango and orange samples indicated that the parts of the fruit peel close to the stem, which are more wrinkled, provide better results. Full article
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