Innovation with regards to food production and processing has become essential to meet the emerging challenges of global food security and the complexity of the modern food chain. Broader agendas pertinent to ensuring food safety, food security, delivering consumer-preferred minimally processed foods, and regulatory factors, altogether drive research in novel food processing technologies.

The quick increase in the production rate of non-degradable petroleum-based plastic materials causes serious environmental concerns. Therefore, many efforts have been made to find environmentally friendly materials. Natural polymers (proteins and polysaccharides) have received much attention due to biodegradability. Biodegradable materials incorporated with plant-derived secondary metabolites (such as essential oils) have the potential to increase the shelf life of different food systems such as fruits, vegetables, and meat products resulting from the antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.

The aim of this Special Issue is to showcase the potential applications of organic film and coating in food preservation and grow the present state of knowledge within this promising research domain. Authors are invited to submit research and review articles focused on the latest findings in organic film and coating applications to food systems.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Decontamination of micro-organisms in foods using organic film and coating
• Improved oxidative stability of food by organic film and coating
• Effect of organic film and coating on food structure, physical properties, bioactive constituents of plant and animal foods, and food enzymes
• Design and applications of novel organic film and coating
• Analytical methods for evaluating of film and coating
• Chemical, physical, and technological properties of organic coatings and related materials
• Problems and methods of preparation, manufacture, and application of film and coating
• Modification of biopolymers for improving film properties