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link Full ArticleRead the latest issue of Grow Magazine to learn about FRI executive committee member Jae-Hyuk Yu’s vision to reduce mycotoxin contamination in food and animal feed with a new product discovered by his lab.
link Full ArticleA look at the Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) food safety program, written by MSABD director and FRI affiliate Steve Ricke.
link Full ArticleA delegation of officials from the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority of the Republic of Indonesia visited the UW–Madison campus Sept. 23–24 to meet campus partners and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with university leaders. Ahead of the signing, FRI hosted a webinar series for agency staff on the development of food safety systems for dairy products. More trainings are planned in the future.
link Full ArticleFRI executive committee member Jeff Sindelar and HansonTech’s Robert Hanson, along with FRI’s Kathy Glass, Andy Milkowski, and graduate students Russ McMinn and Jordan Nehls, published work validating a method to ensure the destruction of Salmonella on product surfaces during impingement cooking. This project was generously funded by ConAgra Foods, Hormel Foods, Johnsonville Sausage, Jones Dairy Farm, Sugar Creek Packing, and Tyson Foods.
link Full ArticleUW alumna Dr. Penny Lukito, who leads Indonesia’s FDA, was connected to FRI through the Indonesia Alumni Chapter in Jakarta. The connection led to discussions on capacity building for Indonesia, with FRI experts providing virtual food safety training to the Indonesian FDA.
link Full ArticleCongratulations to FRI executive committee member JP van Pijkeren, who has received a USDA AFRI grant to develop novel antimicrobial treatments in pigs.
link Full ArticleFRI will be participating in this year’s IAFP annual meeting in Phoenix. Download a PDF of the schedule at the link below.
link Full ArticleFRI welcomes new director Chuck Kaspar; FRI student spotlight
link Full ArticleFRI welcomes its new director, Chuck Kaspar, who assumed the role on July 1, 2021. Dr. Kaspar has been part of FRI since he came to UW-Madison in 1992 as a new professor after holding positions at FDA and Cargill. His research has largely focused on the transmission and evolution of two zoonotic pathogens associated with foodborne disease outbreaks: Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and Salmonella. EHEC is the subset of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains that are pathogenic to humans and includes E. coli O157:H7 and other (such as the “Big 6”) STEC strains.
link Full ArticleFRI executive committee member Jeri Barak, a professor in the department of plant pathology, recently accepted a two-year appointment as the associate director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station.
link Full ArticleFRI Director Chuck Czuprynski to retire at end of June; Celebrating our FRI graduates
link Full ArticleTwo FRI affiliate members, Döerte Döpfer and Johanna Elfenbein, are part of a UW-Madison team which was awarded a grant from the Global Health Institute for their project, “Combatting antimicrobial resistance: A complex systems approach.”
link Full ArticleFRI Spring Meeting is May 18; The latest COVID-19 and food safety news
link Full ArticleThe April 2021 issue of the Independent Processor eMagazine includes a cover story on the new Meat Science & Animal Biologics Discovery building.
link Full ArticleFRI + industry spotlight; the latest COVID-19 and food safety news
link Full ArticleFRI Spring Meeting to be held May 18; the latest COVID-19 and food safety news
link Full ArticleMax Golden of the FRI Applied Food Safety Lab wrote an article featured in the February 2021 issue of Meatingplace on the effect of clean label antimicrobials on the growth of C. perfringens during extended chilling.
link Full ArticleFRESH seminars start online Feb. 16; Can microbial tags trace food from farm to fork?
link Full ArticleA variety of resources are available for the food industry regarding the COVID-19 pandemic:
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Other websites:
Dairy industry resources:
FRI welcomes new affiliated faculty; CDC report looks at COVID-19 among food workers
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