Purdue University is now home to a lab aimed at increasing awareness and developing environments for food safety around the world. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded nearly $10 million to Purdue to establish the first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL), with the opportunity for up to $20 million in additional funding from USAID for research tailored to specific countries' needs.
Haley Oliver, an associate professor of food science, will direct the lab in collaboration with Cornell University. Scientists will develop programs to improve food safety in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal and Cambodia.
'Food safety is a vitally important issue to a growing global population. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety aligns with our college's mission to address issues surrounding global food security, delivering research that directly impacts the lives of people around the world,' said Karen Plaut, Purdue's Glenn W. Sample Dean of the College of Agriculture.
Foodborne illnesses affect 600 million people around the world each year, causing 420,000 deaths, according to the World Health Organisation. Children under the age of five are especially vulnerable, with more than 125,000 dying of foodborne illnesses annually.
Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.
Haley Oliver, an associate professor of food science, will direct the lab in collaboration with Cornell University. Scientists will develop programs to improve food safety in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal and Cambodia.
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| Purdue's Haley Oliver will lead the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL) in partnership with Cornell University. The lab, funded by $10 million from USAID, will focus on developing programs to improve food safety in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal and Cambodia Image credit: Purdue Agricultural Communication / Tom Campbell |
'Food safety is a vitally important issue to a growing global population. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety aligns with our college's mission to address issues surrounding global food security, delivering research that directly impacts the lives of people around the world,' said Karen Plaut, Purdue's Glenn W. Sample Dean of the College of Agriculture.
Foodborne illnesses affect 600 million people around the world each year, causing 420,000 deaths, according to the World Health Organisation. Children under the age of five are especially vulnerable, with more than 125,000 dying of foodborne illnesses annually.
Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.
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