Natural Preservative for Enhancing the Microbiological Safety and Extending the Shelf-Life of Foods
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 302
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Interests: food safety; antimicrobial; hygiene; microbiology; meat quality; food processing and preservation; meat inspection
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Interests: food safety; antimicrobial; hygiene; microbiology; meat quality; food processing and preservation
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Interests: Escherichia coli; meat; antibiotic resistance; antimicrobials; microbial molecular biology; bacteriology
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Interests: food; microbiology; safety; meat; hygiene; quality; public; health
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue will focus on the most recently studied natural preservatives and strategies to improve the shelf-life and safety of food products, especially in foods of animal origin. The modern consumer is more aware of a food's health benefits, thereby increasingly demanding safe, healthy and sustainable foods. Population growth, globalization and climate change are currently major challenges for food security and food safety. Globalisation has led to greater access to diverse and varied foodstuffs, with changes in consumption preferences and less dependence on the type and seasonality of products, which has led to the need to readapt the way food is produced and preserved. During storage, deterioration processes inevitably occur in perishable foods. It is the responsibility of the economic operator to establish the shelf-life of food products, which must reflect the dynamics of loss of quality and food safety, guaranteeing compliance with the criteria required by current legislation. The use of sustainable packaging strategies and natural alternative substances instead of chemical elements to improve the shelf-life of food products and their safety will be the focus of the present Special Issue. The implementation of food preservation strategies to provide more sustainable, safe and quality food is crucial for attaining the goal of food industries today.
The submission of high-quality papers presenting research in this field is welcome, with a special focus on the topics mentioned in the keywords. We hope that your submission will be apt for publication in the present Special Issue.
Dr. Cristina Maria Teixeira Saraiva
Dr. José Manuel M. M. de Almeida
Dr. Juan García-Díez
Dr. Luca Grispoldi
Prof. Dr. Beniamino T. Cenci-Goga
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- shelf-life
- food safety
- natural preservatives
- plant extracts
- essentials oils
- chitosan
- bacteriocins
- bioactive peptides
- packaging
- sous vide
- sensory analysis
- predictive microbiology
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