The Research journal of Food management is an Open Access journal that publishes reviews, original research articles and short communications focusing on food science and technology, food service management, nutrition, nutraceuticals, food innovation, and agriculture food science. Food Management provides ideas for foodservice directors, managers and chefs through coverage of industry issues and events, operational topics and food trends that affect the non-commercial foodservice industry. It serves the professional, managerial, culinary, and operational interests of foodservice directors and managers, chefs and dieticians in the total non-commercial foodservice market.

This market coverage includes contract management companies and self-operated facilities in the business and industry, college, university, hospital, primary/secondary schools, nursing homes, life care facilities, correctional and government non-commercial segments. Each issue contains ideas and how-to information about food (recipes, preparation, nutrition, etc.) and management (labour, business, service, company and operator profiles, etc.). Also included are equipment, new products and food safety and layout/design articles. The Journal welcomes papers within the intended scope as follows: ? Food science and food chemistry, ? Food technology, food processing, and food engineering, ? Food safety and quality - microbiological and chemical, ? Sensory, habits, consumer behaviour/practice and preference, ? Nutrition and Dietetics, ? Nutraceuticals and functional food, ? Food service management, ? Food trends, innovation and business , ? Post-harvest and agribusiness, ? Food security , ? Food packaging ,

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* Assist the editor(s) in decision making over issues such as plagiarism claims and submissions where reviewers can’t agree on a decision.

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

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* The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

* The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.

* Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.

* The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.

* The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.

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