Purdue University receives $10M to fund food safety lab, address global food safety
This program will develop initiatives to improve food safety in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal, and Cambodia.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., received $10 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, D.C., to establish what is said to be the first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL).
Haley Oliver, associate professor of food science at Purdue University, will direct the lab in collaboration with Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Scientists will develop programs to improve food safety in Bangladesh, Kenya, Ethiopia, Senegal, and Cambodia.