Food Safety Projects

Enhancing Egg Safety: A Novel Wash to Inactivate Salmonella

Lead Applicant: Lawrence Goodridge

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Detection and Characterization of Zoonotic Pathogens in Raw Pet Food at a Sentinel Foodnet Surveillance Site in Ontario: Generating Baseline Data for Industry Regulation

Lead Applicant: Lauren Grant

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Using High Voltage Plasma Activated Water (HV-PAW) for Microbial Decontamination in Shelled Corn During Steeping

Lead Applicant: Kevin Keener

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: N/A

Protecting Wheat From Newly Emerging 3ANX Chemotypes of Fusarium Head Blight

Lead Applicant: Jennifer Geddes-McAlister

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2026/2027

Research Centre: Ontario Crops Research Centre - Elora

Workshop to increase awareness of a gas phase hydroxyl-radical process for decontamination of eggs (hatchery and table) and raw or cooked meat products

Lead Applicant: Keith Warriner

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Knowledge Translation and Transfer – Mobilization

Funding Cycle: 2025

Research Centre: NA

Inactivation of Salmonella and other enteric pathogens in milled flour using a combination of Far-UV and L-Cysteine: Pathogen reduction without negatively affecting baking quality of flour

Lead Applicant: Keith Warriner

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2025/2026

Research Center: NA

Assessment of pathogen burden in market ready lamb, sheep, goat and pork in Ontario

Lead Applicant: Shu Chen

Research Priority: Food Safety

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2023/2024

Research Centre: NA

Interactions of human pathogens within vertical farming operations and preventative control approaches to enhance food safety

Lead Applicant: Keith Warriner

Research Priority: Food Safety Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Acrylamide formation in food products: a case for Ontario-grown ingredients

Lead Applicant: Iris Joye

Research Priority: Food Safety Projects

Program Type: Tier 1

Funding Cycle: 2022/2023

Research Centre: NA

Market validation of a portable hydroxyl-radical unit for surface decontamination of food and non-food surfaces and shelf-life extension of fruit & vegetables

Lead Applicant: Keith Warriner

Research Priority: Food Safety Projects

Program Type: Gryphon's LAAIR

Funding Cycle: 2021/2022

Research Centre: NA