Paul Ebner, Purdue professor of animal sciences, will co-lead a project to decrease risk posed from foodborne pathogens in Cambodia. Ebner and the co-lead, Jessie Vipham, assistant professor of global food systems and nutrition at Kansas State University, received a grant from the USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety, managed by Purdue and Cornell Universities. Ebner, who has extensive experience in bringing food safety resources overseas, said the project’s goal is to reduce foodborne illnesses in Cambodia.

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The Department of Agricultural Sciences at Texas State has received a $700,000 grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to enhance farm-to-table food safety in fish and chicken in Bangladesh.

The project is funded by USAID as part of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL), the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative. FSIL is administered through Purdue University and Cornell University.

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The University of Georgia has received a $700,000 grant from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety to help improve food safety in Senegal’s rapidly growing dairy industry.

The project is part of a larger $2.9 million parent grant from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety, based at Cornell and Purdue Universities and funded by USAID as part of Feed the Future, the U.S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative.

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The Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention (CFI) at The Ohio State University has been awarded a $770,000 grant to improve food safety and prevent foodborne illnesses in Kenya.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – A Kansas State University researcher says that a $760,000 grant from the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety will boost efforts to protect the safety of food across the country and world.

Jessie Vipham, an assistant professor in K-State’s Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, will lead the 3 ½ year project that begins in November and will involve experts in food safety, molecular biology, bioinformatics, statistics and social sciences.

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The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety, co-located at Cornell and Purdue University, has announced $2.9 million in grants for research projects to improve food safety and prevent foodborne illness in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya and Senegal.

The competitively funded, 3 ½-year projects will focus on identifying knowledge gaps, enhancing local capacity for food safety research, and translating research into improved food-handling policies and practices.

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Haley Oliver, associate professor in food science, was recently honored with Purdue Agriculture’s 2019 Corinne Alexander Spirit of the Land-Grant Mission Award.  An expert in retail food safety with an international reputation for her lab’s work on the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, Oliver is the principle investigator and director of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL), established through a $10 million grant from United States Agency for International Development (USAID). FSIL will increase food safety awareness, support local research efforts to improve food safety and disseminate information from the research in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal and Cambodia.

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Foodborne illnesses affect 600 million people around the world each year, causing 420,000 deaths. According to the World Health Organization, more than a quarter of these deaths are children younger than 5.

Cornell is teaming with Purdue University – a partnership of land-grant universities from New York and Indiana – to establish the first Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety, which aims to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges in agriculture and food insecurity.

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick announced today at an event in West Lafayette that USAID has awarded $10 million to Purdue University to lead the Agency’s first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab dedicated to food safety. The Innovation Lab will jointly leverage Purdue University’s and Cornell University’s expertise and research capacity in this area. Research and innovations developed through this partnership will help developing countries improve the capacity of their food systems to deliver safe and nutritious food for all citizens, especially the most vulnerable.

Purdue University will use the $10 million grant to manage and implement this research program, with the opportunity for up to $20 million in additional funding from USAID for research tailored to specific countries’ needs. This new Feed the Future Innovation Lab will also engage corporate partners to scale innovations and research breakthroughs developed by the lab.

Food safety is a growing concern in emerging economies as consumer demand increases for food that are more susceptible to spoilage and contamination, such as fruits, vegetables, and meats. USAID is investing in a set of food safety programs to help countries address this issue as part of an increased Agency focus on improving global nutrition, especially among women and children.

USAID invests in 24 Feed the Future Innovation Labs across the United States. Led by U.S. universities, these labs work with developing country researchers and institutions to create solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in food and nutrition, with a focus on helping poor communities build resilience and escape poverty and hunger.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University is now home to a lab aimed at increasing awareness and developing environments for food safety around the world. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded nearly $10 million to Purdue to establish the first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL), with the opportunity for up to $20 million in additional funding from USAID for research tailored to specific countries’ needs.

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