Now available for purchase in paperback or ebook format: Food Fraud – A Global Threat with Economic and Public Health Consequences. Use the discount code FOOD30 to receive 30% off and free shipping at Elsevier.com. Editors: Rosalee Hellberg Karen Everstine Steven Sklare
Dr. Hellberg was recently interviewed as part of a segment on Food Fraud produced by the international newsmagazine Efecto Naim. Check it out here.
The Chapman Newsroom featured research conducted at The Food Protection Lab in a recent news article: Chapman University Food Scientist Peels Back the Layers of Deceptive Labeling
Former Chapman University student Rachel Isaacs ’18 (M.S. ’19) was featured in the Alumni Spotlight for Schmid College of Science and Technology: An Unconventional Path to Becoming a Doctor.
Congratulations to April (Peterson) Shaw (MS Food Science ’20) for winning first place in the Student Poster Competition at the 2020 Pacific Fisheries Technologists Conference! April is a graduate student in the Food Protection Lab. She presented her research on labeling compliance and species authentication of frozen fish fillets. The conference was held March 1-4 at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.
Research conducted at the Food Protection Lab on shark cartilage pills was mentioned in a Forbes article titled “The Truths and Myths of Shark Cartilage Pills”. Check it out below to learn more:
Imagine you go to the grocery store and you buy an item, yet you may actually not be buying that product at all? This is a real life scenario that can happen with a variety of specific foods sold at your local grocery store. At the Orange Public Library, Dr. Rosalee Hellberg and college volunteers educated teens and tweens about the real life scenarios that happen in relation to food fraud. Dr.Hellberg introduced the topic of food fraud with seafood, in which filets of two different fish were displayed with similar morphological traits, yet were actually significantly different in price! Students were then advised on other foods commonly adulterated, including milk, juice, olive oil, and honey. Overall, this event was a great success and we look forward to a continued partnership with the Orange Public Library STEAM Teens and Tweens Program!
