IFSH in the News
View recent articles from food industry trade publications and local and national media featuring experts from the Institute for Food Safety and Health.
IIT IFSH member Earthbound Farms' Will Daniels and Director Robert
Brackett share information in a March 2012 Scientific American article, "Can High-Power Ultrasound Protect Produce from Pathogens?" about how high-power ultrasound could help improve the washes employed to clean leafy greens based on pilot studies conducted in the institute's BSL-3 facility.
Check out the commentary in "Solving Sprout Outbreaks," from Tong-Jen Fu, Ph.D., FDA/CFSAN IFSH research
chemical engineer, IIT IFSH Director Robert Brackett and IFSH member Bob Sanderson in the April 2012 edition of Fresh-cut Magazine.
Protective Activity of Processed Tomato Products on Postprandial Oxidation and Inflammation: A Clinical Trial in Healthy Weight Men and Women (.pdf)
Molecular Nutrition and Food Research
Published online February 14, 2012
Wiley Publishing's Early View (Online Version of Record published before inclusion in an issue)
This study, conducted by IIT IFSH Center for Nutrition researchers Britt Burton-Freeman, Julie Talbot, Eunyoung Park, Sandhya Krishnankutty, and Indika Edirisinghe, suggests a potentially important protective role of tomato in reducing cardiovascular disease risk.
Effect of High-Pressure Processing and Milk on the Anthocyanin Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Strawberry-Based Beverages (.pdf)
Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry
January 2012 (preprint pub online)
The recent publication from IFSH's Center for Nutrition Research investigated the effect of different processing methods on the antioxidant capacity and anthocyanin content of strawberry-based beverages with and without milk. Research findings indicate that high pressure processing technology may be advantageous to traditional thermal pasteurization methods for protecting health-promoting antioxidants without compromising food safety. Authors of the paper are IIT IFSH researchers Ravi Kiran Tadapaneni, Katarzyna Banaszewski Eduardo Patazca, Indika Edirisinghe, Jack Cappozzo, Lauren Jackson and Britt Burton-Freeman.
Salad Industry on Hunt for Solution to Tainted Greens (link to story)
Los Angeles Times
January 30, 2012
In this article in the LA Times' Heath section about bagged salad and produce safety, IIT IFSH member Will Daniels of Earthbound Farm is featured and describes the high-power ultrasound tests his company is funding at IIT's Institute for Food Safety and Health.
Cooling Practices Used in School Foodservice
(.pdf)
Food Protection Trends
December 2011
This publication, coauthored by IIT IFSH's Kathiravan Krishnamurthy and Kansas State University's Jeannie Sneed, is a report on a nationwide online survey of 411 school foodservice managers/directors conducted to identify current practices used for cooling foods in school districts and to determine whether these practices have changed since the implementation of the required food safety program based on HACCP principles in 2006.
Food Safety Objective Approach for Controlling Clostridium botulinum Growth and Toxin Production in Commercially Sterile Foods (.pdf)
Journal of Food Protection, Supplement
November 2011
In this groundbreaking IFSH collaborative white paper, the authors propose that, as existing technologies are refined and novel microbial inactivation technologies are developed, there is a growing need for the outcome-based metric known as a Food Safety Objective, This metric can be used to judge equivalent levels of hazard control stringency to ensure food safety of commercially sterile foods. The paper provides in-depth analysis of the FSO approach,
along with practical case studies and recommendations.
The supplement paper, authored by Nathan Anderson, PhD, John Larkin, PhD, Martin Cole, PhD, Guy Skinner, PhD, Leon Gorris, PhD, Alfredo Rodriguez, PhD, Robert Buchanan, PhD, Cynthia Stewart, PhD, John Hanlin, Larry Keener, and Paul Hall, PhD., is also available as a full open access document online.
The Communication Challenges Presented by Nanofoods (.pdf)
Nature Nanotechnology
November 2011
IFSH/FDA's resident nanotechnologist, Timothy Duncan, PhD, has published a new commentary paper in Nature Nanotechnology. Duncan discusses that while nanotechnology has the potential to lead to healthier, safer and better tasting foods and improved food packaging, the hesitation of the food industry and public fears in some countries about tampering with nature may be holding back the introduction of nanofoods.
Getting Innovation Down to a Science (.pdf)
Food Manufacturing Magazine
September 2011
In this cover story of the popular food trade magazine, associate editor Lindsey Coblentz provides readers with the scoop on how IFSH's collaborative research model is helping provide industry with scientific solutions to today's food safety and nutrition challenges. The article features an interview with IIT VP and IFSH Director Robert Brackett.
Applications of Nanotechnology in Food Packaging and Food Safety: Barrier Metals, Antimicrobials and Sensors (.pdf)
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Pre-print online, July 2011
IFSH FDA DFPST research chemist Timothy Duncan is the author of this feature article (in press) in Elsevier's Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
Food Product Design 20th Anniversary Food Safety Digital Edition
July 2011
In the lead article, "The Future of Food Safety," IFSH communications manager Julie Larson Bricher talks with experts, including IIT VP and IFSH Director Robert Brackett, in this look at the top trends influencing the direction food and beverage manufacturers will be headed to ensure the safety of their products in the months and years to come. IFSH Executive Advisory Board member J. Stan Bailey and consultant Paul Hall also contributed articles to this special issue.
Effect of Black Currant Anthocyanins on the Activation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase (eNOS) in Vitro in Human Endothelial Cells
Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry [PubMed epub ahead of print], July 28, 2011
Check out the latest electronic preprint authored by IFSH nutrition researchers, I. Edirisinghe, K. Banaszewski, J. Cappozzo, D. McCarthy and B.M. Burton-Freeman.
Sprouts: Culprits in Germany, but on the Rise in America
Washington Post, June 14, 2011
IFSH VP and Director Robert Brackett weighs in with other experts on the safety of sprouts and sprouted foods.
More Stomach-Churning Facts about the E. Coli Outbreak
New York Times, June 8, 2011
IIT VP and IFSH Director Robert Brackett was quoted in this June 8 op-ed blog article by NY Times writer Mark Bittman concerning foodborne illness in the wake of the German outbreak.
Strawberry Anthocyanin and its Association with Postprandial Inflammation and Insulin
British Journal of Nutrition, May 16, 2011
Following its FirstView publication in the British Journal of Nutrition, several online outlets covered this new research from IFSH and UC-Davis nutrition experts, which confirms that strawberries contain powerful bioactive compounds that reduce the inflammation and rise in insulin that follows a typical high-fat, high-calorie breakfast. Some of these can be found at:
Strawberry Extracts May Prevent Inflammation: Study
NutraIngredients.com
Study Links Reduction in Chronic Inflammation with Strawberry Drink
SmartBrief.com
Strawberry Beverage May Reduce Chronic Inflammation
EMaxHealth.com
Strawberries Fight Inflammation
Strawberry Nutrition News
The paper is authored by Indika Edirisinghe, Katarzyna Banaszewski, Jack Cappozzo, Krishnankutty Sandhya, Collin L. Ellis, Ravi Tadapaneni, Chulani T. Kappagoda and Britt M. Burton-Freeman.
Food Safety Law Will Likely Strain FDA Science (.pdf)
Science Magazine, January 21, 2011
Robert Brackett, VP and Director, IFSH, was quoted in this news-of-the-week feature looking at the potential impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act on the nation's leading food safety agency.
Tomato Consumption and Health: Emerging Benefits
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, February 28, 2011
A press release published in this bimonthly professional journal summarizes and provides a downloadable copy of the review article by IFSH Director, Nutrition Britt Burton-Freeman, PhD, MS, and Kristin Reimers, PhD, RD of ConAgra Foods, Inc., which looked at current research to discover the role tomato products play in health and disease risk reduction. The notice also appeared in Food Product Design magazine, endocrineweb.com, and Irish Health, among others.