FDA Kicks Off Food Safety Challenge to Speed Detection of Salmonella in Produce
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sept. 23 launched its 2014 Food Safety Challenge — a call to innovators from all disciplines to submit concepts that apply cutting-edge techniques to significantly improve the speed of detection methods for Salmonella in minimally processed fresh produce.
David G. White, PhD, the chief science officer and research director in FDA’s Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, posted this explanation on the FDA Voice blog: