Research Programs and Projects at FSL

National Program 108: Food Safety (animal and plant products)

• Development of New and Improved Systems to Enhance Food Safety Inspection and Sanitation of Food Processing
• Microbial Ecology and Safety of Fresh On-Farm Organically Grown Produce

• Development of Technology for Surface Sensing of Food Pathogens
• Evaluation of Real-Time PCR Method for Rapid Detection of Pathogens in Foods

• Develop Spectroscopy Techniques for Detection of Trace Bacteria and Biological Toxins in Foods
• Development of Individual Disease and Defect Detection Algorithms for Inspection of Poultry Carcasses

• A Novel Approach to Investigate Internalization of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Lettuce and Spinach

National Program 306: Quality and Utilization of Agricultural Products

• New Technologies to Improve and Assess Meat Quality in Muscle Foods
• Optical Properties of Small Grains for Rapid and Objective Assessment of Quality and Safety

• Development of Test Methods for Wheat Functional Quality Assessment

• Computational Modeling of Quality Changes in Meats During Hydrodynamic and Hydrostatic Pressure Processing
• Development and Evaluation of Novel Test Methods for Wheat Functional Quality Assessments

USDA-ARS Food Safety Laboratory
Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD 20705
Phone: 301-504-8400, Fax: 301-504-8438
www.ars.usda.gov/ba/foodsafetylab