Food Toxicology and Safety: Food Manufacturing Related Effects

Food toxicology deals with the existence of dangerous toxic components that food may contain, and various food-processing contaminants are formed during the production process as a direct result of traditional and emerging food-processing techniques. This book brings together food toxicology and food safety, linking them to several types of food processing. It addresses the gaps in how contaminants are formed at different stages of food processing, highlighting ongoing efforts related to food safety. In addition, it studies how processing technologies affect food products, explaining the advantages, disadvantages, and process operations of these techniques.

Dr. Sofia Agriopoulou owns a Bachelor in Agriculture from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1992) and a Μaster in Plant Production from Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (2000). She gained her Ph.D. in Food Science from University of Patras, Greece (2015). She has done Postdoc research in Chemometrics in University Aix Marseille, France (2020). Dr Agriopoulou is Lecturer with specialty Postharvest Physiology-Storage of Agricultural Products, in the Department of Food Science and Technology, University of the Peloponnese, Greece, for courses ＂Food Toxicology＂ ＂Postharvest Physiology＂ and ＂Food Packaging＂. She has written 16 research papers and reviews and her research has been presented at 33 international and national conferences. She has also written 3 chapters in books. She is reviewer in 38 scientific journals, including in Food Chemistry, Food Control, Toxins, Foods, Mycotoxin Research, Sustainability, Molecules, and Coatings. She has participated in 2 international and 3 national research programs.

Dr. Maria Tarapoulouzi comes from Cyprus. She has a BSc in Chemistry (2009), and an MSc in Environmental Engineering (2013) from the University of Cyprus, as well as a PGDp in Toxicology (2010) from the University of Birmingham, UK. In 2020, she gained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Cyprus focusing on spectroscopic characterization and authenticity of Cypriot traditional cheese Halloumi in combination with chemometrics. She is currently a Post-Doc Researcher at the University of Cyprus and chemometrics specialist. Dr. Tarapoulouzi is a teaching collaborator at the European University of Cyprus since 2018, for the courses ＂General and Inorganic Chemistry＂ and ＂Toxicology and Forensics＂, and she supervised 7 undergraduate dissertations.