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Displaying projects 1 - 25 of 142

  1. Quantitative microbial risk assessments need to consider quality parameters to accurately predict produce food safety risks

  2. Agent-based models can predict appropriate risk-based set-back distances for flooded fields

  3. Salmonella risk is enhanced by onion condition or defect

  4. Solutions to brush sanitation tailored to the producer’s appetite for capital investment and labor intensity

    • Investigators
      Abby Snyder, Ph.D.; V.M. Balasubramaniam, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2025
    • End date
      2026

  5. Two validated first-level screening assays for infectious hepatitis A virus by detection of an intact capsid on frozen berries

    • Investigators
      Jose Santos Garcia Alvarado, Ph.D.; Norma L. Heredia, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2025
    • End date
      2025

  6. Methods for determining groundwater under the influence of surface water, and BMPs for mitigating distribution system contamination

    • Investigators
      Channah Rock, Ph.D.; Faith Critzer, Ph.D.; Michelle Danyluk, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2025
    • End date
      2026

  7. Validation of novel DNA isolation procedures from limited numbers of Cyclospora oocysts

    • Investigators
      Scott Lenaghan, Ph.D.; Aaron Baumann Ph.D.; Benjamin Rosenthal Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2025
    • End date
      2025

  8. An immunomagnetic separation method for concentrating and increasing the recovery efficiency of Cyclospora

    • Investigators
      Asis Khan, Ph.D.; Mark C. Jenkins, Ph.D.; Joan Lunney, Ph.D.; Benjamin M. Rosenthal, S.D.; Jitender P. Dubey, MV. Sc., Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2025
    • End date
      2025

  9. Development of a screening assay for hepatitis A virus which correlates to infectivity

    • Investigators
      Lynette Johnston, Ph.D.; Lee-Ann Jaykus, Ph.D., Emerita; Benjamin Chapman, Ph.D
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2025
    • End date
      2025

  10. Color and material optimization of brushes for improved light-based sanitation

    • Investigators
      Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Ph.D.; Cameron Bardsley, Ph.D.; David Shapiro-Ilan, Ph.D.; Claire Murphy Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2025
    • End date
      2026

  11. Hydrogel affinity particles to enable high throughput screening of soft fruits for intact HAV virions

  12. Genomic and phenotypic assessment of E. coli O157:H7 REPEXH02 strains

    • Investigators
      Teresa Bergholz, Ph.D.; Shannon D. Manning, Ph.D.; Jiyoon Yi, Ph.D.; Michelle Q. Carter, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2025
    • End date
      2026

  13. Characterization and mitigation of food safety risks associated with waxing roller brushes

  14. Testing wetting agents for soil drag and bootie swabs and validating them in varied agricultural soils

    • Investigators
      Matthew Stasiewicz, Ph.D.; Pratik Banerjee, Ph.D.; Andrew J. Margenot, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2024
    • End date
      2024

  15. Developing a user-friendly risk assessment tool to assess the food safety risks of fresh produce production and landscape use

    • Investigators
      Alda Pires, Ph.D.; Beatriz Martinez-Lopez, Ph.D.; Gabriele Maier, Ph.D.; Erin DiCaprio, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2024
    • End date
      2025

  16. Synergistic antimicrobial activity of food-grade compounds in wax coatings on fruits during wax drying

  17. Improving methods for the assessment of infectious human enteric virus survival in produce

    • Investigators
      Susana Guix, Ph.D.; Gloria Sanchez Moragas, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2024
    • End date
      2025

  18. Survival of pathogens on work-in-process fresh-cut produce ingredients

    • Investigators
      Xuetong Fan, Ph.D.; Joshua B. Gurtler, Ph.D.; Bryan T. Vinyard, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2024
    • End date
      2025

  19. Control of Listeria monocytogenes on avocado and avocado contact surfaces during dry packing by acetogenins naturally present in avocado seed

    • Investigators
      Alex Castillo, Ph.D.; Carmen Hernandez-Brenes, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2024
    • End date
      2024

  20. Development of a risk ranking tool for evaluating hazards and risks related to agricultural water subpart E

    • Investigators
      Channah Rock, Ph.D.; Charles Gerba, Ph.D.; Kerry Hamilton, Ph.D.; Gail Rosen, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2024
    • End date
      2025

  21. A viability assay for Cyclospora and its surrogates Eimeria

    • Investigators
      Asis Khan, Ph.D.; Benjamin M. Rosenthal, SD; Jitender P. Dubey, MV Sc, Ph.D.; Mark C. Jenkins, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2023
    • End date
      2024

  22. CPS: Flood Rapid Response

    • Investigators
      Channah Rock, Ph.D.; Kerry Cooper, Ph.D.; Charles Gerba, Ph.D. University of Arizona; Debankur Sanyal, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2023
    • End date
      2023

  23. Development of an infrared-functionalized microbalance sensor for Cyclospora cayetanensis detection and differentiation

    • Investigators
      Jenny Maloney, Ph.D.; Monica Santin, Ph.D.; Laurene Tetard, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2023
    • End date
      2023

  24. Evidence for the industrial application of bacteriophages to control Listeria monocytogenes in leafy greens

    • Investigators
      Pilar Truchado, Ph.D.; Maria I. Gil, Ph.D.; Ana Allende, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2023
    • End date
      2023

  25. Flexible risk process models to quantify residual risks and the impact of interventions

    • Investigators
      Matthew Stasiewicz, Ph.D.; Martin Wiedmann, Ph.D.
    • Funding Source
      Center for Produce Safety
    • Start date
      2023
    • End date
      2023