Food Control is an international journal that provides essential information for those involved in food safety and process control.

Food Control covers the below areas that relate to food process control or to food safety of human foods:

? Microbial food safety and antimicrobial systems

? Mycotoxins

? Hazard analysis, HACCP and food safety objectives

? Risk assessment, including microbial and chemical hazards

? Quality assurance

? Good manufacturing practices

? Food process systems design and control

? Food Packaging technology and materials in contact with foods

? Rapid methods of analysis and detection, including sensor technology

? Codes of practice, legislation and international harmonization

? Consumer issues

? Education, training and research needs.

The scope of Food Control is comprehensive and includes original research papers, authoritative reviews, short communications, comment articles that report on new developments in food control, and position papers.

《Food Control》是一本由ELSEVIER SCI LTD出版商出版的专业工程技术期刊，该刊创刊于1990年，刊期Bimonthly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCI、SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：工程技术 2区，小类学科：食品科技 2区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q1。该刊发文范围涵盖食品科技等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外食品科技工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为6.652，平均审稿速度约3.3个月。