Fall 2016Newsletter UC Davis Department of Food Science & Technology
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FST welcomes new Assistant CE Specialist
Erin DiCaprio
At UCD, she'll work directly with home cooks, home food preservers, small food producers and processors to assess and improve food safety at the local level.
Dr. Linda Harris begins term as IAFP president.
Dr. Linda J. Harris, FST's Department Chair, is now the president of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). Read more.
The Institute of Food Technologists recognizes Professors German, McCarthy and Winter.
IFT was good to UC Davis this year, with awards for 3 faculty. Each was recognized at the Institute of Food Technologists' annual meeting on July 16, 2016. Read more.
Dr. Moshe Rosenberg featured at the Processed Food Summit in Mexico. FST's Professor Rosenberg was a featured speaker and panelist at the Processed Food Summit in Mexico on July 27-28. Read more.
FST professors featured in New Yorker article.
The article is an edited excerpt of Ed Yong's new book, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life. It focuses on the milk and lactation research affiliated with the Foods for Health Institute. Read more.
Important research
Milk Truck Microbial Study Aims to Improve Dairy Food Safety and Quality