Food Safety in the Middle East

Ioannis Savvaidis is currently a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and also in the Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece. He is a graduate of London University (UK) and holder of PhD in Microbiology. He has published approximately 100 original research and review articles in peer-reviewed international journals and has been a Special Issue Editor of the International Journal of Food Microbiology (ELSEVIER). He has been a visiting Professor for prestigious establishments in the Middle East and the Gulf area, including the American University of Beirut and Qatar University. Published 1 book for Elsevier and 1 book is in the proof-stage (Elsevier). Tareq Osaili is a professor of Food Safety at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, and currently he is the Vice Dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. He finished his PhD in Food Science from the University of Arkansas, United States. In the past two decades, his research focused on detection and inactivation of pathogenic microorganisms in foods using innovative techniques and assessment of food safety knowledge, attitude, and practice of the communities. He has published more than 130 original research and review articles in peer-reviewed international journals and contributed in many book chapters. Prof. Osaili has been selected as an expert at the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) for 5 years (201822).

1. Traditional foods, food safety practices, and food culture in the Middle East
2. Overview on food safety in the Middle East
3. Foodborne infections in the Middle East
4. Foodborne intoxications and toxicoinfections in the Middle East
5. Chemical residues: potential food safety hazards in the Middle East
6. Control of foodborne pathogens in common foods in the Middle East
7. Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and practices among food handlers in foodservice establishments in the Arab countries of the Middle East
8. Legislation for food control in the Arab countries of the Middle East