Examining Risk to Improve Food Safety

Contaminated spinach in 21 states caused 205 confirmed cases of illness and three deaths in 2006. Understanding how contamination occurs and ways to improve food safety are critical in preventing future outbreaks of foodborne illness. Professor Elliot Ryser in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition leads a research program that examines the way [...]

Cancer-obesity link discovery by MSU researchers

Physiology professor Julia Busik and food science professor Jennifer Fenton have identified a new link between body fat and cancer in a study published in the journal Carcinogenesis. Read more…