Michelle Danyluk, a UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researcher, and her team were awarded a $7.265 million grant by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This grant will help increase food safety research and improve public health outcomes.

Providing an integrated food safety system for fresh produce is a goal for UF researchers. “This proposal was specifically developed to respond to a critical national problem that is dramatically affecting specialty crop producers and processors: food safety and implementation of new federal food safety regulations,” said Danyluk.

• Michelle Danyluk