''Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety'' is an
online
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peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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published by the
Institute of Food Technologists
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is an international, non-profit scientific society of professionals engaged in food science, food technology, and related areas in academia, government and industry. It has more than 17,000 members from ...
(
Chicago, Illinois
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) that was established in 2002. Its main focus is
food science
Food science (or bromatology) is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing ...
and
food safety
Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, food processing, preparation, and food storage, storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a simi ...
. This includes
nutrition
Nutrition is the biochemistry, biochemical and physiology, physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides organisms with nutrients (divided into Macronutrient, macro- ...
,
genetics
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,
food microbiology
Food microbiology is the study of the microorganisms that inhabit, create, or contaminate food. This includes the study of microorganisms causing food spoilage; pathogens that may cause disease (especially if food is improperly cooked or stored); ...
,
food chemistry
Food chemistry is the study of chemical processes and interactions of all biological and non-biological components of foods. The biological substances include such items as meat, poultry, lettuce, beer, milk as examples. It is similar to biochemi ...
,
history
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, and
food engineering.
Editors
Its first editor was
David R. Lineback (
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD i ...
), who held the position from 2002 to 2004. From 2004 to 2006,
R. Paul Singh (
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...
) served as editor. The journal was edited by
Manfred Kroger (
Pennsylvania State University
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) from 2006 to 2018.
Mary Ellen Camire (
University of Maine, Orono
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) has been the editor since 2018.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is
indexed and abstracted
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in the following bibliographic databases:
See also
*
Food safety
Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, food processing, preparation, and food storage, storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a simi ...
References
External links
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Academic journals established in 2002
Food safety
Wiley-Blackwell academic journals
Food science journals
2002 establishments in Illinois
Bimonthly journals
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