不良研究所

Can food transmit COVID-19? Should we wear masks and gloves while shopping? Should we wipe down groceries? Cash or credit? These questions and more are answered by 不良研究所 expert.

Jennifer Ronholm is an Assistant Professor cross-appointed to the Departments of Animal Science and Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry. Her research interests include using the latest next-generation sequencing techniques to study how the microbiome of food-producing animals affects food quality, as well as how the microbiome of the food we eat affects human health.

Classified as: food safety, coronavirus, covid-19
Published on: 6 May 2020

A routine trip to the grocery store can be complicated by a boatload of questions in the age of COVID-19.

The pandemic has left many shoppers wondering whether they need to sanitize their cardboard cereal boxes or plastic yogurt containers before unloading their grocery bags.

But several experts say washing your hands is more important than wiping down every item you put in the fridge.

Classified as: food safety, covid-19
Published on: 30 Mar 2020

Congratulations to Eby Noroozi, MSc'78 (Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry) for receiving the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers. The Sovereign鈥檚 Medal for Volunteers recognizes living Canadians who have made a significant, sustained and unpaid contribution to their community, in Canada or abroad. Non-Canadians are also eligible if their contribution brings benefit or honour to Canadians or to Canada.

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Published on: 12 Feb 2020

Congrats to Ebrahim Noroozi, Lab Manager (Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry) who was recognized for his excellence recently by both the Canadian Registered Safety Professionals (Individual Award) and the Iranian Food Science and Technology Association (Food Scientist of the Year-Academic Category).

Classified as: safety
Published on: 16 Sep 2019

Concerns they might be contaminated with norovirus, a highly contagious virus that continues that causes gastroenteritis.

Quebec recalled frozen raspberries imported from Chile this week over concerns they might be contaminated with norovirus.

The norovirus is a highly contagious virus that continues to thrive when frozen and causes gastroenteritis, which manifests itself with diarrhea, vomiting and stomach pain. The symptoms develop between 12 and 24 hours after exposure.

Classified as: raspberries, norovirus, gastroenteritis
Published on: 17 Jun 2019
By Laura Webb and Mandy Jian

If you are interested in expanding your professional network and experience in the food industry, please read this post to get more insight in getting involved with the Food Science Association, and/or apply your food science trivia by joining next year鈥檚 College Bowl team!

Classified as: IFSTA College Bowl
Published on: 10 Apr 2019

La population est de plus en plus pr茅occup茅e par la pr茅sence de contaminants chimiques dans les aliments et l鈥檈au potable. 芦聽Et pour cause, car l鈥檋umain est expos茅 脿 un cocktail de milliers de substances chimiques聽禄, affirme St茅phane Bayen, professeur adjoint au d茅partement des sciences de l鈥檃limentation et de chimie agricole de l鈥橴niversit茅 不良研究所.

Classified as: contaminants chimiques, eau potable
Published on: 11 Feb 2019

Mais comment d茅veloppe-t-on de nouveaux ingr茅dients fonctionnels? Avec 茅norm茅ment de rigueur scientifique et de patience, comme en font foi les travaux de recherche de Salwa Karboune, professeure adjointe et doyenne 脿 la recherche au d茅partement des sciences des aliments et d鈥檃griculture 脿 l鈥橴niversit茅 不良研究所. 芦 Nous savons aujourd鈥檋ui que le microbiote intestinal est, en quelque sorte, le cerveau de notre sant茅 禄, affirme Mme Karboune. C鈥檈st pourquoi il est si important d鈥櫭﹖udier les compos茅s qui favorisent la sant茅 intestinale.

Classified as: recherche, Research, functional foods, aliments fonctionnels
Published on: 17 Jan 2019

In a recent episode of 聽, Professor Salwa Karboune gaves viewers a birds-eye view of her work to define the antimicrobial activity of certain natural ingredients and better understand how they interact with each other. 鈥淭he more we understand this, the more we will be able to modulate the ingredients in such a way that they function appropriately in our food products鈥.聽

Classified as: natural ingredients, food preservation
Published on: 21 Sep 2018

NutriPulse has captured 3rd聽 place in the 2018 World Vision Food Security Social Innovation challenge!聽 聽Co-Founders and PhD candidates Josephine Ampofo (FdSci), Adeyemi Adegbenjo聽(BRE) and Zeyan Zhong聽 (FdSci) will spend the next year building their project.

Classified as: Social Innovation, NutriPulse
Published on: 13 Aug 2018

(Op-ed by Lawrence Goodridge, Associate Professor and Director of the Food Safety and Quality Program in the Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry Department at 不良研究所)

Classified as: food safety
Published on: 3 Jul 2018

Dozens of 不良研究所 researchers will participate in two of the five 鈥溾 announced Thursday, Feb. 15, by the federal government and funded under its聽.

Classified as: protein, Research, supercluster, grains
Published on: 19 Feb 2018

However, Lawrence Goodridge, the director of 不良研究所's food safety and quality program, said the practice of thoroughly washing infected lettuce won't make it safe for consumption.

"That is actually untrue, that is not the case," he said.聽"Washing lettuce or any fresh produce that may be contaminated with bacteria is a not a way to ensure its safety."鈥

"The number of bacteria that one must consume to become sick is聽so low 鈥 and when you wash a lettuce or any fresh produce, you cannot wash away 100聽per cent of the bacteria."

Classified as: food safety, Lawrence Goodridge, E. coli, romaine lettuce
Published on: 8 Jan 2018

Unlike alcohol, which kills bacteria and toxins, Lawrence Goodridge argues, integrating cannabis in the place of alcohol may require a very different production process. 鈥淏ecause cannabis is a plant, there are certain concerns -- like the possibility of pesticides used in production, or the type of fertilizer used, or the potential presence of heavy metals that could be toxic to humans,鈥 the 不良研究所 food safety expert explained to BNN in a telephone interview.

Classified as: cannabis, food safety, Lawrence Goodridge, safety
Published on: 7 Nov 2017

The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, announced a total investment of $52 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund for 220 new infrastructure projects nationally. Among the 51 universities across the country with funded projects, 不良研究所 leads the pack with an impressive number 鈥 23 projects totaling $4.2 million 鈥 in this latest round of the funding competition.

Congratulations to Faculty members Val茅rie Gravel (Plant Science) and Salwa Karboune (Food Science) who were among the recipients.

Classified as: CFI grants
Published on: 17 Aug 2017

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