Research Advisory Committee Identifies Industry Research Needs

The Foundation Research Advisory Committee met this spring to discuss industry research priorities. These priorities address: pathogens on fresh and ready-to-eat meat and poultry products; other food safety issues; product quality; and nutritional sciences. Within the food safety topics, there are several broad areas of interest: cross sector research needs; pre-harvest pathogen control; post-harvest research, e.g. intervention technologies, operational control and monitoring; post-production research; and information to enhance current and future public health risk assessments, among others.

These priorities are used when communicating with government agencies, interested stakeholders and the general public, and are intended to show the broad scope and diverse research needs of the industry.