Traditionally, food packaging is used for improving food quality and providing consumers
with descriptions of products. A new generation of intelligent (“smart”) packaging materials is …

Smartphone-based digital image photometry (SDI) has been widely exploited for a variety of
analytical applications owing to its advantages, such as portability, low energy demand, cost …

Background Pesticide residues due to overuse and abuse in foods and relevant matrices
have posed a serious threat to public health in the world. Highly selective and sensitive …

Background Mycotoxins exposure from foodstuffs can trigger serious health hazards (eg
cancers, deformity and mutation), which has been a global public health concern. In recent …

Abstract Background Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) are bio-inspired synthetic
materials capable of being selectively attached to a target molecule. These materials are …

Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have emerged over the past few decades as
interesting synthetic alternatives due to their long-term chemical and physical stability and …

Emerging smartphone-based point-of-care tests (POCTs) are cost-effective, precise, and
easy to implement in resource-limited areas. Thus, they are considered a potential …

Molecular imprinting has received great attention in recent years for the analysis of a wide
range of analytes in food matrices. The highly complex nature of the food matrix further adds …

Aflatoxins which are highly toxic, immunosuppressive and carcinogenic secondary
metabolites produced naturally by Aspergillus flavus fungal species have a harm effect on …

Smartphone based devices (SBDs) have the potential to revolutionize food safety control by
empowering citizens to perform screening tests. To achieve this, it is of paramount …