Newswise — A scientific leader in food science, food safety, food processing, and more, the Institute of Food Technologists has specialists who can provide insight and expert commentary on the latest food safety alert issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on an outbreak of dangerous E. coli O157:H7 bacteria on bagged fresh spinach.
(For details on FDA warning see online: http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01450.html )
These IFT experts in food safety and fresh produce safety are regularly called upon and regularly interact with news media around the nation on topics involving the microbiological safety of the food supply, of foods imported into the country, and of minimally processed and raw foods.
They are:
Dean Cliver, Ph.D., IFT expert in food safety, foodborne illness, parasites and food, viruses transmitted by food and water, E. coli O157:H7 and other bacteria, and more.
Michael Doyle, Ph.D., IFT expert in food safety, foodborne illness, pathogen detection and identification, antimicrobials and food, E. coli O157:H7 and many other bacteria, fresh produce safety, and more.
Linda Harris, Ph.D., IFT expert in food safety, foodborne illness, food preparation, food safety education, safety and spoilage of fruits and vegetables, meat safety, E. coli O157:H7 and other bacteria, and more.
John Rushing, Ph.D., IFT expert in fruit and vegetable safety, food preparation, food safety, quality control and assurance, bacteria and food, and more.
Don Schaffner, Ph.D., IFT expert in foodborne bacteria including E. coli O157:H7, food safety, foodborne illness, foodservice, risk assessment, safety of fresh cut produce, and more.
As news media contact and reference these food safety specialists noted above, IFT requires they be identified on first reference as expert with IFT in an area noted. Each is a professor, researcher, and/or extension specialist at a major academic institution.
Founded in 1939, and with world headquarters in Chicago, IFT is a not-for-profit international scientific society with 22,000 members working in food science, technology and related professions in industry, academia and government. As the society for food science and technology, IFT brings sound science to the public discussion of food issues. For more on IFT, see http://WWW.IFT.org.
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