Winner of 2022 Borlaug CAST Communication Award

Congrats to Dr. Martin Wiedmann, Professor of Food Safety, Cornell University, and co-director at the New York Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, for the 2022 Borlaug CAST Communication Award.  His outstanding work has focused on raising our understanding of the pathogenesis, ecology, evolution, and transmission of bacterial foodborne and zoonotic disease—all top priorities.

 

Six Challenges to Food Safety

 

 

Chris Eliot comments in New Food on 5 challenges to food safety: 1. Climate change; 2. Foodborne viruses of animal origin; 3. Antimicrobial resistance; 4. The economic crisis; and, 5. Unintended consequences of rushing the sustainability agenda.  We’d add: 6. the right surveillance technology and regs.