Official Organ of the FECS / Division of Food Chemistry The journal "European Food Research and Technology/Zeitschrift für Lebensmitteluntersuchung und -Forschung A/" publishes original research papers and invited critical review articles on food chemistry food science and food technology including food biotechnology in English. Short communications are very welcome and are generally published within three months after acceptance. The Journal covers fundamental and applied research developments and important applications. Special emphases are on food chemistry food analysis food control food composition and contaminants and on chemical reactions in foods during processing and storage. Contributions on food technology and biotechnology must be of general interest to the food chemist or technologist or have a substantial general impact on food science. The Journal also publishes articles on food additives food toxicology and food safety; it will include articles on quality assurance in food production and food analysis. Papers on food microbiology on packaging and other materials which come into contact with foodstuffs and on nutritional quality sensory analysis flavour and texture of human foodstuffs beverages and alcoholic drinks are also very welcome if they have a wider potential or implications for general food science. The Journal is the official organ of the FECS / Devision of Food Chemistry and publishes its reports and calendar of events and other information for FECS / Devision of Food Chemistry members. All articles in this Journal have been peer reviewed. The Journal is abstracted in Current Contents Food Science and Technology Abstracts Chemical Abstracts Life Science and Fisheries Abstracts and other services. Zeitschrift für Lebensmitteluntersuchung und -Forschung Part B of the Journal publishes important Laws Statutes and Court Decisions with comments (preferably in German) that the Editors and the publisher think will be helpful to food chemists especially those in governmental bodies or to decision makers in the food industry in EC countries. Abstracts (mostly in German) on all important fields of food science and food technology are also published. The abstracts also deal with "Gebrauchsgegenstände".