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Food Safety (animal and plant products)
(National Program 108) in MD
Environmental Microbial & Food Safety Laboratory
- Food Safety Innovations and Preventive Controls during Fresh and Fresh-Cut Produce Washing, Packing, and Retail Display
- Hyperspectral Imaging for Health and Food Safety in Cislunar Salad Crop Production
- Antimicrobial Resistance in the Gut Microflora of Young Calves
- Using Modeling to Develop Monitoring Strategy and Scheduling for Microbial Quality of Irrigation Water Sources
- Development of Nondestructive Sensing Technologies for In-Field Biological and Chemical Contaminant Screening of Agricultural Products
- Scientific Challenges and Cost-Effective Management of Risks Associated with Implementation of Produce Safety Regulations
- Automated Portable Sensing Technologies for Screening Food Contaminants
- Development of Scanning-based Detection of Food Contamination and Mitigation for Biofilm Removal on Equipment Surfaces
- Microbial and Physico-Chemical Technologies to Control Bacterial Pathogens during Hydroponic, Aquaponic, and Soil Production of Fresh Produce
- Monitoring and Modeling Microbial Quality of Irrigation Water
- Detection and Characterization of Zoonotic and Emerging Parasites Affecting Food Safety and Public Health
- Embedded AI Techniques for Compact Optical Sensing Systems for Food Safety
- Evaluation of Genetic and Management Factors to Reduce Foodborne Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Dairy Cattle
- Intervention Strategies to Mitigate the Food Safety Risks Associated with the Fresh Produce Supply Chain
- Detection of Contaminants and Sanitation Inspection in Poultry Processing Environments
- Detection and Disinfection of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) on Food Contact Surfaces
- Detection of Contamination on Meat Products and Equipment Surfaces in Meat Processing Plants
- Advancement of Sensing Technologies for Food Safety and Security Applications
- Improving Pre-harvest Produce Safety through Reduction of Pathogen Levels in Agricultural Environments and Development and Validation of Farm-Scale Microbial Quality Model for Irrigation Water Sources
- Prevention of Pathogen Contamination in the Lettuce Production Continuum-Beltsville
- Assessing Romaine Lettuce “Forward Processing” for Potential Impacts on EHEC Growth, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Infectivity
- Integration of Multimodal UAV Sensors for Preharvest Food Safety Monitoring Applications
- Assessing Romaine Lettuce "Forward Processing" for Potential Impacts on EHEC Growth, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Infectivity
- Factors Affect the Transfer of Bacterial Pathogens to Leafy Greens from Soils
- Machine Learning-Enabled Novel Pathogen Detection Platform for Nondestructive Supply Chain Surveillance
- Spectral Sensing and Instrumentation for Automated Food Integrity Assessment
- Development of an Infrared-Functionalized Microbalance Sensor for Cyclospora Cayetanensis Detection and Differentiation
- Development of an Infrared-Functionalized Microbalance Sensor for Cyclospora Cayetanensis Detection and Differentiation
- Modeling Fate and Transport of Indicator and Pathogenic Organisms to Assess Microbial Water Quality of Irrigation Water Sources
- Monitoring and Managing Microbial Water Quality for Food Safety
- Spectral Sensing Technologies for Safety and Quality Assessment of Food, Food Contact Surfaces, and Controlled-Environment Food Production Systems
- Understand the Chemistry in Food System to Improve Toxin Detection and Food Safety
- Control Environment Crop Health and Safety Monitoring System Development
Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory
- Foodborne Parasites and their Impact on Food Safety
- Trichinae Proficiency Testing Program - Laboratory Approval Program for Export
- AFECCT: Assessing Filtration Efficacy for Cyclospora Control
- Assessing Zero Valent Iron Filtration as a Means to Remove and Render Harmless Coccidian Parasites from Water
- Completing a National Survey of Pork Safety
- A Viability Assay for Cyclospora and its Surrogates Eimeria
Nutrition, Food Safety/Quality
