Congratulations to thesis student Tara Okuma for her recent publication “Use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to screen for aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, and deoxynivalenol in dry pet foods.”  Tara used a combination of ELISA and LC-MS to survey over 50 pet food products for the presence of several mycotoxins.  The study was published in November in the journal Mycotoxin Research.

Congratulations to thesis student Sophia Pollack for her recent publication in the journal Food Control.  Sophia collaborated with the FDA Office of Regulatory Affairs to evaluate DNA barcoding methodologies for their effectiveness in identifying fish species in cooked products.  Check out the published study here: Evaluation of DNA barcoding methodologies for the identification of fish species in cooked products

Congratulations to Shayna Bosko and Tara Okuma for their success in the graduate research competition at the Institute of Food Technologists 2017 meeting in Las Vegas, NV!  Shayna received a first-place award in the Aquatic Food Products Division for her research on catfish mislabeling and Tara received a third-place award in the Toxicology & Safety Evaluation Division for her research on mycotoxins in pet food.  Tara and Shayna recently completed thesis projects in the Food Protection Lab as part of the M.S. in Food Science Program at Chapman University.