Water and Food Safety during COVID-19 Pandemic
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Security and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2022) | Viewed by 5345
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomonitoring; pesticide exposure; analytical toxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the last few years and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been changes in the quality monitoring needs for water and food quality and safety. The greatest changes are found in raising the awareness of competent bodies, scientists, and related professionals to apply stricter quality control protocols. The provision of safe drinking water, the safeguarding of the food chain throughout the production to the consumer's table, and the proper management of waste resulting from the above activities are the main pillars for a safe environment for all.
In this Special Issue of Foods, we encourage the submission of manuscripts focused on all aspects of water and food safety: the validation of analytical procedures for determining new pollutants in water and/or food; the aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the water and food industry; the implementation and effectiveness of quality monitoring systems; the assessment of the impact of water and food safety on the wider effort to contain and control the pandemic.
Our aim is to gather all the new information in this field and include it in the Special Issue on “Water and Food Safety during COVID-19 pandemic”. We invite researchers to contribute original and unpublished research and review articles on this topic.
Dr. Matthaios P. Kavvalakis
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- water safety
- food safety
- quality protocols
- pollutants
- COVID-19
- monitoring
- chemical properties
- microbiological properties
- quality control
