Current Lab News

Exploring Consumers Willingness to Pay for Food Safety in Produce — 03 November 2025

Would you be willing to pay more for produce if it had food-safety labeling?...

Sharing Human Factors Research on Food Safety at the IAFP Annual Conference — 31 July 2025

From July 27–30, the Food Safety Human Factor Lab in the Department of Food Science participated in the International Association for Food...

4-H Students Explore Aquaponics Through Virtual Reality — 30 June 2025

On June 11th, the Food Safety Human Factor Lab in the Department of Food Science welcomed Indiana high school students as part of the 4-H Academy.

Webinar Series – Summer School for Consumer Food Safety Education — 12 June 2025

The Food Safety Human Factor Lab within the Department of Food Science at Purdue University is hosting a webinar series this Summer! This is an...

2025 Spring Fest — 12 April 2025

On April 12, the Food Safety Human Factor Lab participated in the 2025 Spring Fest organized by the Purdue College of Agriculture. Alumni,...

2025 Consumer Food Safety Education Conference — 13 March 2025

The Food Safety Human Factor lab attended the Consumer Food Safety Education Conference at the Sysco Headquarters on March 13 – 14 in...

Indiana Small Farm Conference — 05 March 2025

At the 13th Annual Purdue Extension Indiana Small Farm Conference in Danville, Indiana, our Food Safety Human Factor Lab hosted an Active Learning...

Summer School for Consumer Food Safety Education — 15 June 2022

In the summer, Purdue Food Science Department will set up a summer school for consumer food safety education with K-State Research and Extension,...

BAC Fighter Betty Feng Teaches Food Safety to Underrepresented Communities — 25 May 2022

The lab’s very own Dr. Betty Feng was recently recognized in an article by the Partnership for Food Safety Education for her work on...

Food Safety Week — 19 January 2022

Receive certification for HACCP and PCQI training to develop knowledge and skills to implement and manage food safety assurance throughout the...

Back to the Buffet: Food Safety in a post-COVID World — 29 October 2021

For our neighbors up north, the Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated on the second Monday of October. In 2021, Canadian Thanksgiving fell on October...

Pandemic Response and Safety Grant Program – Applications due November 22 — 28 October 2021

The Pandemic Response and Safety (PRS) Grant Program provides funding to help small specialty crop producers, food processors, manufacturers,...

Lab Trip to Wea Creek Orchard — 28 October 2021

To kick start the new school year, the members of Dr. Feng’s lab visited the Wea Creek Orchard in Lafayette, Indiana to come together for the...

Food Safety Implications for Raising Backyard Poultry — 06 October 2020

Do you know that you should be practicing food safety guidelines if you raise poultry in your backyard? One of our lab members, Carley, has written...

Dr. Feng Publishes Pet Food Study — 06 September 2020

Do you wash your hands after interacting with or feeding your pet? You might want to start doing that if you aren’t already.