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Food Safety Legislation On the Fast Track in Washington

Congress is moving swiftly to enact new - and far-reaching - food safety legislation. The House passed its version of the bill July 30.

The University of Maryland has a number of faculty experts who can talk about food safety and recent outbreaks involving everything from peanuts to cookie dough. Our experts are listed alphabetically. Please feel free to contact them directly.


Number of experts found: 14

 
Linda Aldoory

Associate Professor

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
Health and terror risk communication, women and media.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6528

laldoory@umd.edu

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Gerald E. Brust

Integrated Pest Management specialist-vegetables (Eastern Shore)

Entomology

Expertise Key Words:
Pest management, organic crop production, biological control, food safety, reduced risk pesticides, vegetable production, sustainable agriculture, integrated pest management, lternative controls & pest management, nutrient management in vegetables, Precision Agriculture, Nitrate conservation

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

303-627-8440

410-422-7667

jbrust@umd.edu

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Robert L. Buchanan

Professor & Director

Center for Food Safety and Security Systems

Expertise Key Words:
food safety, food protection, food security, food microbiology, infectious diseases, microbial risk assessment,

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1174

301 633 8957

rbuchana@umd.edu

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Mark A. Kantor

Associate Professor

Nutrition and Food Science

Expertise Key Words:
Functional foods; assessing perceptions of nutrition and food safety risks; attitudes and behaviors about food; consumer responsibility

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1018

mkantor@umd.edu
mk4@umail.umd.edu

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Y. Martin Lo

Associate Professor

Nutrition and Food Science

Expertise Key Words:
Food bioprocess engineering: whole-cell biosensor to improve food safety; integrating biotechnology to ensure safety of food and processing; value-added agriculture and food products; recovery and bioconversion of organic materials from food processing waste streams;

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4509

ymlo@umd.edu

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Jianghong Meng

Professor and Interim Director

Nutrition and Food Science, and Joint Institute for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN)

Expertise Key Words:
Food Safety; detection of pathogens in foods; virulence properties and antibiotic resistance of foodborne pathogens; developing and applying novel technologies for detection and molecular subtyping of foodborne pathogens; effect on antibiotic resistance caused by meat treated with antibiotics

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 8382
301 405 1399

jmeng@umd.edu

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Mohammad Modarres

Prof

Mechanical Engineering

Expertise Key Words:
Probabilistic risk aseesment, Energy Systems, Advanced nuclear plants, risk associated with gas powered vehicles, food safety risk assessment.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 5226

modarres@umd.edu

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Mickey E. Parish

Professor & Chair

Nutrition and Food Science

Expertise Key Words:
Food Science, Food Microbiology, Food Policy, Food Safety, Food Defense, Enology, Wine, Juices, Beverages, Fermentation, Alicyclobacillus

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0773

mparish@umd.edu

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Amy R. Sapkota

Assistant Professor

Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health & Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Expertise Key Words:
Environmental epidemiology, microbial environmental exposure assessment, antibiotic resistance, bacterial pathogens, food safety, food and waterborne disease, bioaerosols

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 1772

ars@umd.edu

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Ninaz Shadman

Research Scholar; Advisor

Office of International Programs

Expertise Key Words:
Languages and cultures, global issues and human development, International relations and educational exchange, philosophy and social sciences, practical implications of knowledge and policies in public education.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

202-651-0879
905-627-5032

301-405-7548

shadman9@umd.edu

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Robert H. Sprinkle, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School of Public Policy

Expertise Key Words:
Health-policy reform; Bioethics & biopolitics; Environmental health; Biosecurity

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 0184

301 864 2170

301 775 0320

sprinkle@umd.edu

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Monique M. Turner

Assistant Professor

Communication

Expertise Key Words:
Risk communication, health communication, persuasion, emotion, cognition. Health intervention and campaign construction.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

Cell phone          

E-mail(s)    

301 405 6517

703-339-8462

703-507-6412

mmturner@umd.edu

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Christopher S. Walsh

Professor

Natural Resource Sciences & Landscape Architecture

Expertise Key Words:
Food safety of fresh fruits and vegetables; Production and handling of fruit crops; Training international food producers

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 4351

cswalsh@umd.edu

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Nickolas G. Zimmermann

Associate Professor

Animal & Avian Sciences

Expertise Key Words:
Poultry, chicken, layer hens, turkey, eggs, food safety, management, environment, housing, welfare, drinking water quality, water treatment, organic, freerange, natural, physiology, nitrogen, phosphorus, lighting, artificial insemination.

Contact Information:

Work phone(s)    

Home phone    

E-mail(s)    

301 405 2805

410-742-8544

nickz@umd.edu

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