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Research funded in part by the Foundation was recently published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. The abstract follows ...

Research funded by the Foundation through its contract with the Beef Checkoff was presented during TECHTalks at the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) in Atlanta, GA in February. TECHTalks are designed to provide exhibiting companies with an additional opportunity for dialogue and discussion with IPPE attendees about specific, individual topics. ...

The Foundation, through its contract with the Beef Checkoff, sponsored the Consumer Food Safety Education Conference on March 6-8, 2019, in Orlando, FL. ...

This project tackled two issues associated with food safety and the poultry industry, namely the need for alternative acidifiers for poultry carcass treatment and the ability to generate safe poultry processing re-use water.  To test the use of SBS as a sanitizer for chicken meat, investigators applied SBS at different concentrations and tested it against S. Enteritidis-inoculated drum sticks.  Drumsticks were selected over carcasses because of industry feedback indicating greater… read more

Research determined the effect of slow come-up time and slow stabilization during the thermal processing of bacon and bone-in ham on the survival of Clostridium perfringens, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp.

In 2018, the Foundation undertook an aggressive agenda by conducting three requests for proposals (RFP).  In the spring, the Foundation issued a mini-RFP to fill the data gaps in response to the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s revised Appendices A and B, issued in June 2017.

The Foundation, through its contract with the Beef Checkoff, will sponsor the Consumer Food Safety Education Conference March 6-8, 2019, in Orlando, FL.  At this seventh in a series of food safety education conferences organized by the non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education, attendees will explore influences on consumers, ways to affect behavior change and ways forward to better engage everyone in modeling proper food preparation and hand-hygiene practices.  The Foundation will share… read more

The Foundation for Meat and Poultry Research and Education is governed by a Board of Directors, which provides scientific leadership and financial oversight, and acts upon recommendations from the Foundation’s Research Advisory Committee.  The North American Meat Institute’s Executive Board members are afforded the opportunity to serve on the Foundation’s Board of Directors or appoint a designee to serve on his or her behalf.  In an effort to broaden the scope of influence and direction,… read more