ch. 1. Amperometric biosensors in food processing, safety, and quality control / Ismail Hakka Boyaca and Mehmet Mutlu -- ch. 2. Basic principles of optical biosensors in food engineering / Ebru Akdogan and Mehmet Mutlu -- ch. 3. Mass sensitive biosensors : principles and applications in food / Selma Mutlu -- ch. 4. Biosensing for food safety / Maria Isabel Pividori and Salvador Alegret -- ch. 5. Electrochemical DNA biosensors in food safety / Panar Kara, Ozan Kalackaya, and Mehmet Sengun Ozsoz -- ch. 6. Biosensors for the assessment of natural toxins in food / Beatriz Prieto-Simon, Thierry Noguer, and Monica Campas -- ch. 7. Biosensors for pesticides and foodborne pathogens / Munna S. Thakur, Raghuraj S. Chouhan, and Aaydha C. Vinayaka -- ch. 8. Impedance biosensors/biochips for detection of foodborne pathogens / Liju Yang -- ch. 9. Application of biosensors for the quality assurance of dairy products / P. Narender Raju and K. Hanumantha Rao -- ch. 10. Electrochemical biosensors as a tool for the determination of phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity in foods and beverages / Montserrat Cortina-Puig. [et al.] -- ch. 11. Neural networks : their role in the field of sensors / Jose S. Torrecilla -- ch. 12. Trends in biosensing and biosensors / Frank Davis and Seamus P.J. Higson.