Editorial

Abstract

In English there is a saying that ‘Variety is the spice of life’.This ‘variety’ can be applied to many different aspects of life including our lifestyles, our eating and our drinking habits.
In QAS the variety comes from a number of sources. There is the inevitable variety, which comes from different authors working in different parts of the world but what I find ‘spicy’ is the variety of research work that is carried out and written up. I suppose that I should not be surprised at the variety of work being carried out given the wide range of foods and feeds used for human and animal consumption. In all cases the twin necessities for providing safe food of the appropriate quality are paramount.