Food Control and Biosecurity

Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books. Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books.

1. Introduction in Food Safety Biosecurity and Hazard Control
2. Potential hazards and biosecurity aspects associated with food safety
3. Quality tools in improving quality assurance and food control
4. Chemometrics applied for food control 
5. Food Defense
6. Detection of biogenic amines: quality and toxicity indicators in food of animal origin
7. Aptameric sensing in food safety
8. Advanced infrared spectroscopic technologies for natural products quality control
9. Strategies to reduce the formation of carcinogenic chemicals in dry cured meat products
10. Detection of irradiated food and evaluation of the given dose by electron spin resonance, thermoluminescence and gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric analysis
11. Passive sampling to monitor hazardous compounds in water: a tool for the risk assessment of consuming aquatic foods 
12. Quality control of plant-based food in terms of nutritional values: Influence of pesticides residue and endogenous compounds
13. Drying Drop Technology in wine and hard drinks quality control
14. Biosecurity strategies for backyard poultry: a controlled way for safe food production
15. Antibacterial effects and modes of action of the activated lactoperoxidase system (LPs), of CO2 and N2 gas as food-grade approaches to control bovine raw milk associated bacteria
16. Foods, Food Additives and Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) Food Assessments