Microbiological Contamination and Food Safety
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 September 2023) | Viewed by 2289
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food safety; multimycotoxin; good agricultural practices; bertholethia excelsa; Aspergillus spp.; fungal metabolites
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: biodegradable packaging; food microbiology and biotechnology (food safety; microbial screening; probiotic yeasts; prebiotic ingredients; antimicrobial compounds)
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Contamination and food poisoning pose substantial safety risks to consumers worldwide, reinforcing the importance of preventing and reducing inherent risks, adapting food programs, and optimizing and monitoring systems along the entire food chain, from production to consumption. In addition, chemical and microbial contamination and food fraud have a huge economic impact due to product loss, increased production costs, and loss of consumer confidence. As these food safety vulnerabilities can occur at any stage of the food chain, it is necessary to implement effective food safety strategies throughout production, postharvest handling, processing, distribution, and consumer handling to control and eliminate potential chemical and microbiological hazards and food fraud.
This Special Issue will collect comprehensive manuscripts dedicated to reducing and/or controlling microbiological and chemical hazards and food fraud, as well as those developing food safety strategies along the field-to-fork/consumer chain. We welcome papers detailing new approaches and innovative technologies aimed towards ensuring food quality, safety, and sustainability from throughout production processes to the end products.
Dr. Otniel Freitas
Dr. Ana Elizabeth Cavalcante Fai
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- alternative microbiological methods
- chemical hazards
- food chain contamination
- food quality
- food safety
- food fraud and adulteration
- microbial inactivation
- microbiological control
- microbiological hazards
- mycotoxins
