Center for Produce Safety awards $200K to research project studying effectiveness of various agriculture water treatments
The project signals CPS’s entry into solving the safety of water applied to fresh produce crops.
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS), Woodland, Calif., funded its first-ever research project to study the effectiveness of various agricultural water treatments, awarding $200,000 to a team led by Channah Rock, associate professor of soil, water and environmental sciences and water quality specialist at University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
The project, “Agriculture Water Treatment – Southwest Region,” signals CPS’s entry into a research area that is fundamental to fresh produce food safety—solving the safety of water applied to fresh produce crops. CPS funds will be matched equally by funds from regionally-sourced produce safety stakeholders, including members of the produce industry, academia, local and federal government, technology and other service providers.