Food Safety CAP
Date Funded: 2005
Amount: $4 million
Duration: 4 years
Objective: Develop practical applications and recommendations for minimizing the effect of pre-harvest food-safety pathogens on consumer health.
Why? Each year millions of illnesses in the United States can be traced to foodborne bacteria. Outbreaks of E. coli, salmonella, listeria, and campylobacter have been associated with pre-harvest contamination.
Impact: Research led to a possible vaccine for the campylobacter pathogen and new strategies for field sample processing to improve food-safety pathogen detection. The team is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate sources behind salmonella contamination in tomatoes.
Participants: North Carolina State University, lead institution
Cornell University Iowa State University McMasters University Mississippi State University North Dakota State University Ohio State University Purdue University Texas Tech University Texas A&M University Tuskegee University University of Arizona |
University of California-Berkeley University of California-Davis University of Florida University of Illinois University of Kentucky University of Minnesota University of Montreal Washington State University Washington University in St. Louis West Texas A&M University |
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Last Updated: 07/21/2008
