Abby Snyder, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in Food Science at Cornell University. She directs the Dry Sanitation Advisory Council, and her research group works with industry to understand and improve sanitation practices. At Cornell, her lab focuses on the development of scientifically valid intervention strategies that improve food safety and microbial quality, including mitigating cross-contamination and enabling targeted recognition of microbial spoilage potential and persistence.
Applying wet sanitation in dry environments often increases risk. Food processors need a balanced understanding of these risks and their desired cleaning outcomes; specifically, the impact of different sanitation practices and how those impacts are driven by hygienic design challenges in their facilities.
