Reviewer Registration

We welcome reviewers with expertise in food safety, hygiene management, and quality assurance.

Reviewers with food safety or hygiene expertise are encouraged to apply.

Summaries connecting findings to consumer protection strengthen real world impact.

Explain how confounders were handled in observational food studies.

Describe quality assurance steps for laboratory and processing environments.

Clarify whether results generalize across processing environments.

Document packaging conditions or transport variables when relevant.

Why Your Profile Matters

Provide subject keywords to support manuscript matching.

Include calibration and validation details for analytical instruments.

Report software versions and packages to support reproducibility.

Explain how sanitation verification was performed and documented.

Explain how missing data were handled in analyses.

Explain how sensory or consumer data were validated.

What to Include

• Subject expertise and methodological strengths
• Recent publications or industry experience
• Availability for timely review
• Contact details and affiliations

Clear reporting of food safety methods improves reproducibility across laboratories.

Describe sample handling timelines to avoid bias in microbiological results.

Describe batch effects and correction methods in multi site studies.

Report statistical corrections for multiple testing when necessary.

Report effect sizes relative to practical thresholds for safety or quality.

Provide context for cost, scalability, or implementation feasibility.

Registration Pathway

Document hygiene practices and sanitation protocols so readers can compare results.

When using sensory data, report panel training and scoring scales.

Clarify storage temperatures and shelf life conditions for samples.

Provide a rationale for selected microbial indicators or biomarkers.

Include details on control samples and reference materials.

Describe how water activity or pH influenced microbial outcomes.

Matching Process

Reviewer profiles help us match manuscripts to expertise areas for efficient review.

Explain how contamination risks were assessed and mitigated during experiments.

Provide uncertainty measures for key food safety outcomes.

Include references to standards or regulatory guidance where applicable.

Discuss limitations related to food matrix complexity or sample size.

Describe steps taken to minimize cross contamination.

Report how allergen controls were verified during processing.