Preface

Bing-Huei Chen

Department of Food Science, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, 24205, Taiwan

This special issue on “Analysis of Food Toxins: Challenges & Future Trends” consists of a total of 10 articles, in which 5 are review articles dealing with an overview on recent advances in the development of analytical methods and fabrication of nanomaterial-based sensors for analysis of food-based toxins including pesticides, mycotoxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and microbial toxins, and the other 5 research articles focus on the development of QuEChERS-HPLC method for PAH analysis in coffee, GC-MS/MS method for furan and its derivatives in canned foods, HPLC/ICP-MS method for arsenic analysis in food, Au/Ag nanoparticle-based analysis of mycotoxin aflatoxin B1 in food and veterinary drug ractopamine in pork. Most importantly, the review articles have also highlighted the pros and cons of different analytical methods, existing challenges and future perspectives.

https://doi.org/10.38212/2224-6614.3443