Nanotechnology to the rescue: using nano-enabled approaches in microbiological food safety and quality

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 87-93

  Eleftheriadou, Mary ^a   Pyrgiotakis, Georgios ^b   Demokritou, Philip ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH RISKS; NANOSENSORS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENGINEERED NANOMATERIALS; FOOD APPLICATIONS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; MICROBIAL CONTROL; MICROBIAL SPOILAGE; ON POTENTIALS; SAFETY OF FOOD;

SPOILAGE;

ENGINEERED WATER NANOSTRUCTURE; NANOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NANO ENABLED SENSOR; NANOENGINEERING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSOR; DEVICES; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 85006164642     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.11.012     Document Type: Review

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