CPS research symposium previews research in progress

ATLANTA, GA — The Center for Diagram Security (CPS) spent a session of their two-day tournament to delve into the most recent traits in ongoing CPS funded learn. The symposium gave insights into the manner forward for meals safety and the present learn being pursued.

Spherical-up of learn in progress:

• Quantifying possibility connected to adjustments in EHEC physiology within the heart of put up-harvest pre-processing phases of leafy green production. Teresa Bergholz, Michigan Impart University
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• Microbial characterization of irrigation waters utilizing posthaste, cheap, and transportable next expertise sequencing applied sciences. Kerry Cooper, The University of Arizona
  • Researchers at The University of Arizona are investigating revolutionary microbial detection methods utilizing next-expertise sequencing (NGS) applied sciences. These approaches, including shotgun metagenomics, enable the posthaste identification of bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoan pathogens in irrigation water, soil, or meals samples. By removing the need for a few detection assays, these methods offer vital benefits to the produce alternate. The explore objectives to validate two NGS applied sciences, Illumina iSeq100 and Oxford Nanopore MinION, by evaluating their benefits and limitations in pathogen detection. The learn outcomes will present guidelines for implementing these applied sciences in meals safety surveillance programs.
• Strategic approaches to mitigate Salmonella infection of bulb onions. Vijay Joshi, Texas A&M
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• In direction of a holistic evaluate of the meals-safety risks imposed by wild birds. Daniel Karp, University of California, Davis
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• Spoiled-contamination risks in dry environments. Nitin Nitin, University of California, Davis
  • University of California-Davis scientists are focusing their learn on the hazards of bound-contamination in dry environments, particularly within the contemporary produce alternate. While present recordsdata and applied sciences absorb helped chop bound-contamination within the heart of wet going by and processing, figuring out the possibility components and organising tools for dry environments live restricted. The learn venture objectives to identify floor prerequisites that promote microbial transfer, absorb a possibility mannequin for bound-contamination, and form a contemporary sanitation expertise utilizing meals-grade light-activated antimicrobials. By filling recordsdata gaps and providing efficient sanitation solutions, the explore objectives to reduction meals safety in every archaic and organic contemporary produce industries.
• Assessing Romaine lettuce “Forward Processing” for doable impacts on EHEC command, antimicrobial susceptibility, and infectivity. Xiangwu Nou, USDA, Agricultural Analysis Center
  • Scientists at the USDA’s Agricultural Analysis Center are conducting a whole evaluate of “forward processing” practices within the Romaine lettuce alternate. Led by Xiangwu Nou, the explore objectives to evaluate the effects of forward processing on the command of EHEC (enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli) micro organism, their susceptibility to antimicrobial therapies, and infectivity. The learn involves inspecting the microbiological quality of lettuce from harvest to retail, comparing forward and source processing, and assessing the affect of assorted practices on EHEC outbreak strains. The findings shall be stale to toughen forward processing administration so as to reduction product integrity and meals safety.
• AFECCT: Assessing filtration efficacy for Cyclospora put an eye on. Benjamin Rosenthal, USDA, Agricultural Analysis Carrier 
  • Scientists at the USDA’s Agricultural Analysis Carrier are conducting a explore to evaluate the effectiveness of filtration in controlling Cyclospora, a parasite that could well space off foodborne illness from corrupt contemporary produce. Led by Benjamin Rosenthal, the learn objectives to establish how effectively filters rob away Cyclospora from irrigation water and whether or no longer any surviving parasites are harmed within the technique. The findings could well present treasured tools for growers to mitigate the possibility of contamination and contribute to future learn on interventions by distinction harmful human parasite.
• Reasonable utility of superheated steam to harvesting, processing, and produce packing tools and tools. Abigail Snyder, Cornell University
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• Cyclospora cayetanensis monitoring in agricultural water. Lia Stanciu-Gregory, Purdue University 
  • Researchers at Purdue University are engaged on a leap forward detection technique for Cyclospora cayetanensis, a parasite that causes illness in other folks that consume corrupt produce. Led by Lia Stanciu-Gregory, the team objectives to form aptamers, molecules that could well bind to intact Cyclospora oocysts. These aptamers shall be stale to absorb straightforward paper-essentially based mostly colorimetric tests that could well detect the presence of the parasite in agricultural water, providing a trace-efficient and discipline-deployable solution without the need for in actuality educated laboratories or sample preparation. This construction could well per chance vastly toughen early detection and monitoring of Cyclospora within the meals alternate.
• Validation explore for the tree fruit alternate: efficient suggestions to sanitize harvest boxes and selecting baggage. Valentina Trinetta, Kansas Impart 
  • Kansas Impart University (KSU) and Washington Impart University (WSU) absorb joined forces to conduct a validation explore geared in direction of bettering cleaning and sanitation practices within the tree fruit alternate. Led by Valentina Trinetta, the venture will evaluate the effectiveness of commercially on hand sanitizers in controlling Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli on meals contact surfaces encountered within the heart of harvesting. The explore will then bound on to validate selected sanitizers in opposition to surrogate microorganisms on harvesting boxes and selecting baggage at commercial facilities in apple production areas across the US. The findings will present science-essentially based mostly ideas to toughen cleaning and sanitation practices, serving to growers and packers handle meals safety risks and aid the competitiveness of tree fruit vegetation.
• Assessing the possibility of production practices to electrify dry bulb onion safety. Pleasure Waite-Cusic, Oregon Impart University
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• Identification of routes and mechanisms for distribution and establishment of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp. in avocado packing environments. Alejandro Castillo, Texas A&M AgriLife Analysis
  • Alejandro Castillo of Texas A&M AgriLife Analysis is leading a explore to identify routes and mechanisms of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria spp. distribution and establishment in avocado packing environments. The learn focuses on doable contamination within the heart of postharvest processing at dry packing vegetation, the keep residual water can aid bound-contamination. By utilizing DNA-essentially based mostly methods and surveying avocado packers, the team objectives to form efficient sanitation practices and a mannequin to foretell contamination likelihood. The explore can aid meals safety efforts and chop the possibility of foodborne diseases.

About CPS
The Center for Diagram Security (CPS) is a 501(c)(3), U.S. tax-exempt, charitable group focused exclusively on providing the produce alternate and government with beginning collect entry to to the actionable recordsdata wished to consistently aid the safety of contemporary produce.

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