Nanotechnology Applications for Food Safety and Quality Monitoring brings together nanotechnology science-based research for food safety and quality monitoring. With the advancement in knowledge about behavior of nano-engineered materials in food and its toxicity, the application of nanotechnology is expected to reach unprecedented levels in achieving food safety. Currently, there is no practical resource of nanotechnology as a tool specifically for monitoring safety and quality. This is a practical, concise, applications-based reference that is essential for food industry researchers and scientists to monitor the safety and quality of food to ensure quality food supplies.

Part I: Nanotechnology Applications for food safety monitoring 1. Nanotechnology applications for food safety: Benefits and Risks 2. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for food quality and safety monitoring 3. Applications of metal-oxide nanoparticles in food safety 4. Identification and characterization techniques for Engineered Nanomaterials in Food 5. Nanotechnology-based sensors for the rapid detection of foodborne microbes and pathogens 6. Functionalized Porphyrin based nanocomposites as prospective materials for food safety sensors 7. Shellac: a natural lipid polymer for food safety and its quality 8. Detection of food toxins, pathogens and microbes using nanotechnology-based sensors. 9. Nanotechnology and its Applications in Food Industry 10. Nano Sensors for the Detections of Foodborne Pathogens and Toxins 11. Metal-Organic Framework based nanomaterials for opto-eletrochemical detection of food contaminants 12. Nano emulsion-based food quality monitoring