IJFS Italian Journal of Food Science IJFS 2239-5687 Codon Publications IJFS-38-116 10.15586/ijfs.v38i2.3604 CORRIGENDUM Corrigendum to: Role of bacterial exopolysaccharides in edible films for food safety and sustainability. Current trends and future perspectives. Italian Journal of Food Science, 2024;36(4):169–179. https://doi.org/10.15586/ijfs.v36i4.2690 Aziz Tariq12 Li Zhihui3 Naseeb Jasra3 Sarwar Abid3 Zhao Liqing1 Lin Lin4 Al Asmari Fahad5 Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Guangdong, China; School of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University, Guangdong, China; Key Laboratory of Geriatric Nutrition and Health, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China; School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China; Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia Corresponding Authors: Liqing Zhao, Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Guangdong, China. Email: lqzhao@szu.edu.cn; Lin Lin, School of Food and Biological Engineering Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang China. Email: linl@ujs.edu.cn 01 04 2026 2026 38 2 116 117 24032026 27032026 © 2026 Codon Publications 2026 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)

The authors wish to make the following corrections to the published article.

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In the above-mentioned article, the authors noticed that six references included in the reference list were not directly relevant to the subject of the review article; so the authors wish to remove and update the reference list accordingly. The removal of these references does not affect the scientific interpretation or conclusions of the article. The references to be removed are given below.

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The incorrect citations/references are as follows: Malik and Iqbal, 2011; Mehmood et al., 2012; Hassnain et al., 2021; Jamil et al., 2018; Laorenza et al., 2022; Darwish et al., 2022.

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3. Hassnain, S., Ahmad, A., Qayyum, M.S., Farrukh, M.G., Nawaz, U.A. and Ahmad, H. 2021. Effects of COVID-19 lockdown on mental health of medical students in Lahore, Pakistan. Bangladesh J Med Sci. 20:125–130. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v20i5.55406

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5. Laorenza, Y., Chonhenchob, V., Bumbudsanpharoke, N., Jittanit, W., Sae-Tan, S., Rachtanapun, C., et al. 2022. Polymeric packaging applications for seafood products: packaging-deterioration relevance, technology and trends. Polymers. 14(18):3706. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14183706

6. Darwish, A.M., Allam, M.G., Shokery, E.S. and Ayad, E.H., 2022. Functional products fortified with probiotic LAB isolated from Egyptian dairy sources showed hypolipidemic effects in Albino rats. PLoS One. 17(3):e0263241. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0263241

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The authors confirm that these corrections do not affect the scientific conclusions of the article.

The authors apologize for any inconvenience caused by their erroneous insertion of unnecessary references listed in the paper.