Real-Time Disease and Fecal Detection
Antimicrobial Film & Modified Atmosphere Packaging
Understanding White Striping and Wooden Breast
Hyperspectral Microscopy w/ Nanotechnology for Pathogen Detection
Trained Sensory Lab for Quality Analysis
LED Egg Candling Lights: Portable or Stationary
Pathogen Classification on Agar Plates with Hyperspectral Imaging
Antimicrobial Packaging for Raw Product
Microwave Planar Sensor for Moisture and Quality
Mission
The mission of the Quality and Safety Assessment Research Unit is to research issues affecting the quality and safety of poultry and other agricultural products and develop commercially-viable systems relative to stakeholder needs in both industry and government by detecting physical and chemical quality attributes of foods, feeds, and their byproducts with nondestructive methods including dielectrics, spectroscopy, and sensory, detecting physical, biological, and chemical contamination of foods and processing streams with rapid optical methods.