Purdue-Nexus Institute Researcher Receives Prestigious Research Grant to Address Global Food Safety
August 20, 2019
Nexus researcher and Purdue Associate Professor of food science, Haley Olivier will be directing the first Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL) in collaboration with researchers from Cornell University. The Food Safety Innovation Lab is funded by a $10 million grant awarded to Purdue from the United States Agency for International Development. The lab will aim to increase awareness of food safety measures globally, to support research on food safety issues, and to develop food safety interventions and programs for local communities and commercial stakeholders.
Dr. Olivier is Co-Pi in the Nexus project with Purdue Professor Amanda Deering, College of Agriculture, to develop good agricultural and manufacturing practices for growers and food processors in Arequipa, Peru in partnership with the Universidad of San Augustin (UNSA). The project has the goal to understand the current agricultural and food processing conditions in the Arequipa region and to improve food safety issues through an education program for growers and food processors/handlers.
Please follow the link below to read more about Dr. Olivier’s award:
Contact Details
- Renata Ximenes
- c4e-nexus@purdue.edu
- 765-494.2394
