Center for Low-Moisture Food Safety

We had a busy 2024! Presenting 20 posters and 5 technical presentations related to our low-moisture projects at the 2024 International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Annual Meeting.

Who loves Pi? We do! Happy International Pi Day!

over the last year we've had 6 students complete their theses/dissertations! Since the beginning of the project, we've had 17 complete their theses/dissertations to date. Congrats to all of our students!

Fruit drying is a common practice, and members of our team looked at the effects of humidity on microbial inactivation during fruit drying. https://buff.ly/3CnsBf4

Holiday party season is upon us! Keep your friends and family safe this holiday season by making sure your buffets and potlucks are set up to keep your hot foods hot and cold foods cold.

Serving Up Safe Buffets Entertaining is one of the mainstays of the holiday season — and helps commemorate milestone events throughout the year, too. With proper preparation, you can be creative and tempt your party guests with an array of fun platters while still keeping food safety in mind!

Team members Yaohua "Betty" Feng and Linda J. Harris have collaborated on many research projects. This article highlights three articles highlighting consumer knowledge gaps in safe preparation methods.

Homemade nut-based dairy analogs raise questions about bacterial risks Many consumers know the food safety risks of dairy products, eggs and raw meat. But they are less likely to understand the risks associated with dry goods, including tree nuts such as almonds, cashews, walnuts and pistachios, said Yaohua “Betty” Feng, associate professor of food science at Purdu...

TreeHouse Foods announced a voluntary recall of frozen waffles and pancakes for potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Read more here:

TreeHouse Foods Announces Expansion of Voluntary Recall to Include All Waffle and Pancake Products Due to the Potential for Listeria monocytogenes Contamination TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS) is expanding its voluntary recall to include all products manufactured at one facility and still within their shelf-life. The recall is expanded to include frozen toaster waffle, Belgian waffle and pancake products, due to the potential to be contaminated with List

Who are we? The Center for Low Moisture Food Safety is a collaborative group of researchers and educators working to holistically look at reducing foodborne illness in low-moisture foods.

Tailgate season is back! Be sure you're practicing safe food practices to ensure everyone has a great game!

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There are over 370,000 military veteran farmers in the United States. Members of our team recently conducted a two-part research project on identifying the need to increase on-farm food safety. They evaluated the motivators, such as food safety being a top priority, and some of the challenges that come with making that priority work, like limited time and information.

Congratulations to team member Monipel Babb! He was named to the 2024 class of 40 under 40 food safety professionals by the Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness.

Team member Marty Matlock, a distinguished professor in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at the University of Arkansas - Fayetteville, is joining the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) for their "Meet the Expert" webinar on Wednesday, September 18 at 1PM CST! Catch the live stream on their page here: https://buff.ly/3WYkixD