The Food Safety Laboratory and Milk Quality Improvement Program represent a combined group that is led by Professors Kathryn Boor and Martin Wiedmann in the Department of Food Science. This group is united by a common mission:
Program Vision:
Moving the world toward safer, more wholesome food
Program Mission:
Through innovative research, education and outreach, improve the microbial safety and quality of the global food supply
Program Diversity Statement:
We value the perspectives and contributions of a diverse representation of scientists, inclusive of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, neurodiversity, religion, class, nationality, and disability status. We are committed to actively cultivating a climate in which all of our faculty, students and staff are given an equitable opportunity to pursue scientific discovery in an inclusive and supportive environment.
In the News
Food scientists mentor international COVID-19 task force
Food businesses and consumers struggling with impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and Senegal now have access to customized resources, thanks to a mentorship project led by the Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University (IFS@CU).
Food safety lab grants $2.9M for new global projects
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety, co-located at Cornell and Purdue University, has announced $2.9 million in grants for research projects to improve food safety and prevent foodborne illness in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya and Senegal.
Professors to field food industry COVID-19 queries
Three Cornell food science professors will hold special online “office hours” on March 23 at 4 p.m. to answer questions from food industry representatives on the burgeoning COVID-19 crisis.
Food scientists slice time off salmonella identification process
Researchers from Cornell, the Mars Global Food Safety Center in Beijing, and the University of Georgia have developed a method for completing whole-genome sequencing to determine salmonella serotypes in just two hours and the whole identification process within eight hours.