FDA’s Milk Residue Study and Our Food Safety
The new FDA report on drug residues in milk concludes that milk is safe, but if they found any drugs at all, how safe can it really be?
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Comprehensive One Health Conference Bonds Universities
The bond between UC Davis and Nanjing Agricultural University was further strengthened when the two universities met together this winter during a three week conference.
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Ensuring Clean Water for Safer Food
Researchers in the Western Center for Food Safety’s Atwill Water and Foodborne Zoonotic Disease Laboratory located with the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security are playing an important role in the FDA-funded Western Irrigation Water Project which is working to ensure safe water for agriculture through water quality surveillance and sharing of data with produce farmers and irrigation districts. Read about the teams’ work to ensure clean water for safer food.
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On-Farm Food Safety Study Looking for Volunteers
A University of California-Davis research team is enrolling organic and conventional farms to participate in a research opportunity for small to medium size farms.
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WIFSS News Roundup – 2014
Greetings from WIFSS, and Happy New Year; just in case you missed them, here are some 2014 news stories highlighting WIFSS’s efforts in Research, Outreach, Training and International Programs.
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Coyotes and Stray Dogs Are Focus of Leafy Greens Study
Food safety research projects underway since a 2010 E. coli outbreak are helping answer questions faced by the leafy greens industry. The correlation between animal defection in vegetable fields and potential E. coli infection remains a concern.
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