Food Quality Safety

---
name: food-quality-safety
description: "Author-guideline skill for Food Quality and Safety (Oxford University Press, ISSN 2399-1399). Use to format or check a manuscript for this open-access OUP journal — structure, abstract/keyword limits, reference style, and figure specs. Triggers: submit to Food Quality and Safety, OUP food journal guidelines. Also fires when the user wants to publish on/in this journal, format a manuscript for it, or match its reference/citation style."
metadata:
  publisher: "Oxford University Press"
  issn: "2399-1399"
  verified: "2026-07"
  source: "https://academic.oup.com/fqs/pages/General_Instructions"
---

# Food Quality and Safety (OUP) — Author Guideline Skill

**Publisher:** Oxford University Press · **ISSN:** 2399-1399 · **Source:** [Instructions to authors](https://academic.oup.com/fqs/pages/General_Instructions) · **Verified:** 2026-07 (confirm at source). Gold open access.

## Aims & scope
Original research and reviews on food quality and safety: quality attributes, safety/risk, detection and analysis, processing effects on quality/safety, and related nutrition and health. Interdisciplinary, application-oriented work welcome.

## Article types
Original Articles; Reviews; Short Communications; Perspectives/Opinion.

## Manuscript structure
Title page → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → Materials and Methods → Results → Discussion (or combined) → Conclusion → Funding → Conflict of Interest → Data Availability → References → Tables → Figure legends → Figures.

- **Abstract:** unstructured, ≤250 words.
- **Keywords:** 4–6.

## Reference style
**Numbered** citation-sequence style (confirm current OUP style for the journal). In-text bracketed/superscript numbers; numbered list with article titles and DOIs.

Example:
> 1. Author AB, Author CD. Title of the article. Food Quality and Safety. 2023;7:fyadxxx. https://doi.org/10.1093/fqsafe/fyadxxx

## Figures & tables
Figures ≥300 dpi (line art higher); TIFF/EPS/PDF; RGB online; editable tables; cite in order. OUP production redraws/relabels as needed — provide legible source.

## Submission checklist
- [ ] Abstract ≤250 words · [ ] 4–6 keywords · [ ] Numbered references with DOIs
- [ ] Funding + Conflict of Interest + Data Availability statements
- [ ] Ethics/consent statements where applicable · [ ] Figures ≥300 dpi · [ ] Cover letter

## Also covers — Oxford University Press nutrition journal
Same OUP template. **Nutrition Reviews** (NUTR REV) — OUP; comprehensive
nutrition reviews; confirm structure/limits at the OUP journal site.

## Formatting constraints
```yaml
journal: Food Quality and Safety (+ Nutrition Reviews)
publisher: Oxford University Press
reference_style: numbered
abstract_words: 250
keywords_max: 6
open_access: gold
figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000}
```