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Research Project: Technology Development, Evaluation and Validation for the Detection and Characterization of Chemical Contaminants in Foods

Location: Microbial and Chemical Food Safety

Title: Food safety analysis 2.0

Author
item Lehotay, Steven

Submitted to: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 11/2/2023
Publication Date: 11/14/2023
Citation: Lehotay, S.J. 2024. Food safety analysis 2.0. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 416:60-610. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-023-05036-4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-023-05036-4

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: This second topical collection on food safety analysis in Anal. Bioanal. Chem. serves to further emphasize the importance of the topic. Food safety is a fundamental need for life, and ideally, humans would be trusted to follow the moral imperative set into laws designed to protect our ecosystem and produce safe food for consumption. But to paraphrase John Locke, laws without enforcement are license, and testing is needed to verify good agricultural and food safety practices. Although there remains room for improvements, analytical chemists worldwide continue to develop and implement effective analytical methods to help ensure a safe food supply in the most efficient manner that technology and resources allow.