Novel Advances in Food Contact Materials II
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 448
Special Issue Editors
Interests: active packaging; food safety; food contact materials; food packaging; food preservation; analytical chemistry
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Interests: food contact materials; food safety; migration; risk assessment; food packaging materials; coatings; analytical chemistry; active food packaging; bioactive compounds; food analysis
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Packaging is essential for extending the shelf life of perishable foods and maintaining the quality of non-perishable foods. This is the result of the prevention of food contamination where packaging is a crucial player, as well as the interaction of packaging with the food itself or with the surrounding environment influencing so directly in the preservation of foods. The continuous search for higher quality and safer foods has led to the growing interest in novel food contact materials, and, bearing in mind the contamination issues related to plastic materials (the food contact material widest used), the development of new materials based on biodegradable or sustainable polymers has increased in recent years. Moreover, active agents can be added to these materials, and great attention is being paid to obtaining such agent from food industry by-products to contribute to a more circular economy.
On the other hand, the safety of food contact materials has become a concern for food safety authorities since components of these materials, present in the final product, can migrate to the food and are a risk for the consumers’ health, especially if high consumption of the packed food occurs.
Nowadays, the identification of potential migrants present in the food contact materials, including unexpected substances, is one of the most challenging topics for the scientific community in the food packaging field.
The main aim of this Special Issue “Novel Advances in Food Contact Materials” is to provide a set of high-quality papers that cover the latest developments in new or active food packaging materials as well as all aspects regarding their safety.
We invite you authors to submit relevant original research papers or critical reviews to this Special Issue.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Active food packaging;
- Biodegradable materials for food contact applications;
- Bio-based materials for food contact applications;
- Migration evaluation of novel food contact materials;
- Safety evaluation of novel food contact materials.
Dr. Raquel Sendón
Prof. Dr. Ana Rodríguez Bernaldo de Quirós
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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