Food Hygiene

As per available reports about 150 journals, 162 Conferences, 30 workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to food hygiene and about 366282 articles are being published on the current trends in food hygiene. In terms of research annually, USA, India, Japan, Brazil and Canada are some of the leading countries where maximum studies related to food hygiene are being carried out. As reported in “Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of Some Plant Extracts and their Applicability in Extending the Shelf Life of Stored Tomato Fruits” article, Ethanolic extracts of tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus), rosemary (Rosemarinus officinalis L) and thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) and the essential oil of oregano (Origanum vulgare L.) were tested against many fungi including A.niger, A.flavus, Penicillium spp., Rhizopus spp. and fusarium spp. Oregano essential oil showed a very strong antifungal activity against Fuazarium spp. (MIC: 0.8 mg/ml), A.niger (MIC: <1 mg/ml) and Penicillium spp. (MIC: 4.5 mg/ml) whereas other fungi showed more resistant. The results showed that Rhizopus spp. was the most sensitive fungus to the plant extracts whereas rosemary was the most effective plant. Application of essential oils or ethanolic rosemary extract with different concentrations (100, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000 ppm) and refrigeration storage (at either 5 or 25°C) for postharvest spoilage control of tomatoes for 4 weeks showed that the combination of two treatments (refrigeration with either oregano essential oil or rosemary extract) was more effective to keep quality of tomatoes.

Journal of Food Processing & Technology is an Open Access journal and aims to publish most complete and reliable source of information on the discoveries and current developments in the mode of original articles, review articles, case reports, short communications, etc. in all areas of the field and making them freely available through online without any restrictions or any other subscriptions to researchers worldwide. The journal is using Editorial Tracking System for quality in review process. Editorial Tracking is an online manuscript submission, review and tracking systems. Review processing is performed by the editorial board members of Journal of Food Processing & Technology or outside experts; at least two independent reviewers approval followed by editor approval is required for acceptance of any citable manuscript. Authors may submit manuscripts and track their progress through the system, hopefully to publication. Reviewers can download manuscripts and submit their opinions to the editor. Editors can manage the whole submission/review/revise/publish process.

OMICS International–a pioneer in organizing international conferences. Food Technology-2017 is designed to offer comprehensive sessions that address current issues in Dairy farming, Flavor chemistry, Food Policy, Food contaminant, Molecular gastronomy, Nutraceutical, Nutrigenomics.Food policy is the public policy which deals how food is produced, processed, distributed, and purchased. It is designed to influence the operation of the food and agriculture system. This policy consists of setting goals ranging from food production, processing, marketing, availability, access, utilization and up to consumption, and it also describes the processes for achieving these goals. Food contamination always refers to the presence in food of dangerous and harmful chemicals and also microorganisms which can cause consumer illness. It generally addresses the chemical contamination of foods, as opposed to microbiological contamination, that can be found under foodborne illness. Molecular gastronomy is the part of food science which seeks to investigate, also explain and make specific use of the physical and chemical transformations of ingredients which occur while cooking, as well as the social, artistic and technological components of culinary and gastronomic phenomena in general. The special session on Nutraceuticalis the main source to attract more renowned personality to participate in this prestigious event.