UMass Food Scientist Secures Grant to Develop Oil-based System for Cleaning Peanut Butter Off Food Processing Equipment
A University of Massachusetts – Amherst food scientist has been awarded a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant to develop an oil-based system to clean and sanitize food processing equipment without water, reducing the risk of Salmonella contamination associated with nuts.
Lynne McLandsborough’s $434,215 grant was one of 19 food safety and defense grants totaling $8 million announced by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.