Source: UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS submitted to
ENHANCING MICROBIAL FOOD SAFETY BY RISK ANALYSIS
Sponsoring Institution
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Project Status
TERMINATED
Funding Source
HATCH
Reporting Frequency
Annual
Accession No.
1005669
Grant No.
(N/A)
Project No.
MAS00478
Proposal No.
(N/A)
Multistate No.
S-1056
Program Code
(N/A)
Project Start Date
Dec 31, 2014
Project End Date
Sep 30, 2018
Grant Year
(N/A)
Project Director
Kinchla, AM, J.
Recipient Organization
UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS
(N/A)
AMHERST,MA 01003
Performing Department
Food Science
Non Technical Summary
The results of this project will directly impact industries that handle low moisture food sector (emphasis on nuts anddried fruits), fresh, minimally and shelf-stable processed produce, dairy, fresh and further processed seafood, meat,and poultry products (including fully cooked and read-to-eat products subject to post-process contamination), as wellas other multi-component and processed foods. The studies proposed here will be the first comprehensive attempt todevelop risk-based strategies leading to effective control of pathogens from the farm through consumption across allfood commodities in the U.S. Additional expected outcomes include the use of microbiological data to developrisk-based models that can be used to better predict microbial contamination and predict the reduction of pathogensin foods due to application of various control strategies. It is expected that the outcomes of this project willcontribute to the long-term profitability and sustainability of the food industry as a whole by making accessible asuite of new tools with which the microbial safety of foods will be enhanced. This group will also work to standardizeprotocols among laboratories so that research results can be easily and directly compared. Many fundingopportunities for food safety require collaboration by several universities. Having a mechanism in place prior torelease of a formal Request for Proposal enables the scientists in this group to be more responsive and successful inacquiring external funding than if collaborations were formed ad hoc.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently reported
Animal Health Component
0%
Research Effort Categories
Basic
(N/A)
Applied
100%
Developmental
(N/A)
Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)Subject of Investigation (SOI)Field of Science (FOS)Percent
71214991100100%
Knowledge Area
712 - Protect Food from Contamination by Pathogenic Microorganisms, Parasites, and Naturally Occurring Toxins;

Subject Of Investigation
1499 - Vegetables, general/other;

Field Of Science
1100 - Bacteriology;
Goals / Objectives
Risk Management: Develop science-based interventions to prevent and mitigate food safety threats Risk Communication: Communicate food safety messages to stakeholders
Project Methods
1) Traditional microbial techniques that address food safety concerns2) Network with other food safety extension professionals to build strategies addressing food safety issues.

Progress 12/31/14 to 09/30/18

Outputs
Target Audience:The results of this project directly impact industries that handle foods most commonly implicated in foodborne disease outbreaks, including low-moisture foods (especially spices, nuts, and dried fruits); fresh, minimally, and shelf-stable processed produce; dairy; fresh and further processed seafood, meat, and poultry products (including fully cooked and ready-to-eat products subject to post-process contamination), as well as other multi-component and processed foods. Moreover, the threats and specific needs for food safety in the food industry are constantly evolving and require continued risk-based solutions in the face of these changes. Therefore, the project focusses on risk-based solutions for the effective control of foodborne pathogens across food commodities in the U.S. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Nothing Reported How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Nothing Reported What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? The UMass Food Safety Extension team has contributed to the efforts within the Multi-state goals. Specifically, - Our research team has had 2 application research projects that are aimed at better understanding scale appropriate solutions in water quality management to reduce produce safety which have produced 1 publication, 2 prentations and are anticiapting 2 publications (in process). As such, this effort helps provide science-based interventions to mitigate food safety threats. Risk Communication: Communicate food safety messages to stakeholders - this year collaborative effort was invested to host several FSPCA Preventive Controls Training that aim at increasing food safety knowledge to processors.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Accepted Year Published: 2018 Citation: Ghostlaw T, Martinez Ramos P and Kinchla AJ*. Artificial Organic Load for Produce Safety Research: The Need for Standardized Method. J Nutr Food Sci 2018, Vol 8(3): 703.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2018 Citation: Paola Martinez-Ramos1, Wesley Autio2 and Amanda Kinchla2, Assessment of Preparation Methods to Create a Postharvest Wash Water Model for Food Safety Validation. IAFP, Salt Lake City, July 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2018 Citation: Kinchla, A. Food Safety Considerations from Concept to Commercialization: An Extension Training Program Targeted toward Food Entrepreneurs. IAFP, Salt Lake Cit, July 2018.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2018 Citation: Ghostlaw, T. Autio, W., Kinchla, A.J. Influence of Outside Factors on the Concentration and Stability of Peracetic Acidbased Produce Sanitizers over Time. IAFP, Salt Lake City, July 2018.


Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17

Outputs
Target Audience:Through the effort within the Multi-State Enhancing Microbial Food Safety by Risk Analysis team we have established a stronger collaboration within extension educators and researchers that help to provide technical support and educational programming for producers and processors within the food industry to help reduce foodborne illness. Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?Through collaboration within the Multi-State network partners within the northeast were able to organize and attend a Lead Instructor Training for the FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Course (June 2017). How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Nothing Reported What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? 1) In collaboration with research partners a variety of science based intervention strategies were published in peer-reviewed journals (as Products for details) 2) 5 FDA FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food Qualified Invididual Trainings were completed to help increase communication about food safety to food processors. New funding was secured that helps to build programming that will increase knowledge about food safety to new audiences (i.e. USDA Speciality Crop Grant (MA Dept of A) - UMass Establish FDA approved schedule for acidified shelf stable foods, Sponsor - MA Department of Agriculture.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Other Year Published: 2017 Citation: Zhang, Z., Guo, H., Carlisle, T., Mukherjee, A., Kinchla, A.J., White, J.C., Xing, B., He, L., Evaluation of Postharvest Washing on AgNPs Removal from Spinach Leaves. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. September 2017.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2017 Citation: Yang, T., Zhao, B., Kinchla, A.J., Clark, J., He, L. Investigation of Pesticide Penetration and Persistence on Harvested and Live Basil Leaves Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Mapping. J. Agric. Food Chem., 2017, 65 (17), pp 35413550.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Zhang, Z., Guo, H., Carlisle, T., Mukherjee, A., Kinchla, A.J, White, J.C., Xing, B., He, L., Evaluation of Postharvest Washing on AgNPs Removal from Spinach Leaves. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. September 2016.


Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16

Outputs
Target Audience:Food Industry, specifically food producers and processors Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The knowledge, network and skills gained through the Multi-State Project has helped the UMass Food Science Extension Programming. Professionally, having the opportunity to engage with this network has significantly helped to expand the UMass Food Science collaboration for integrated research and extension programming. This network helped to secure the funding for the Northeast Regional Center (Kinchla: Co-PI) and helped to initiate collaborations for submitting grant proposals. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? We have created a series of instructional videos and written procedures for industry professionals and other communities of interest. UMass Vegetable Extension website http://ag.umass.edu/vegetable/food-safety-for-farmers/good-agricultural-practices-gap • http://bcove.me/8bq1pm6b Clean Greens • http://bcove.me/7qisyjzk SOP • http://bcove.me/9g9ltrvi Know How to Clean • http://bcove.me/wgrukxr7 Equipment Cleaning 2) Lawton M., Kinchla A., McKeag, L. 2015. Produce Wash Water Sanitizers: An Overview. Vegetable Notes. Vol 27:10. 3) Kinchla, A., Harper, K. 2016. Produce Brush Washer Study: Finding a standard operating procedure. UMass Extension Vegetable Notes newsletter. Vegetable Notes. Vol 28:21. 4) Kinchla, A., Harper, K. Standard Operating Procedure for Cleaning an Oesco Brush Washer. https://ag.umass.edu/sites/ag.umass.edu/files/brush_washer_ssop_and_log.pdf. 2016. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? Risk Management: Develop science-based interventions to prevent and mitigate food safety threats Our group has primarily focused on researching and developing strategies to address food safety concerns on-farm and in processing. Specifically: 1) Application research to support improving food safety and 2) develop rapid detection tools to improve food safety. Risk Communication: communicate food safety messages to stakeholders The Food Science Extension program helped to field a variety of activities and materials in support of food safety education. Some examples include: 5 short courses, 1 standard operating procedure (SOP), 4 on-farm food safety videos, and 7 publications.

Publications

  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: 1) Zhang, Z., Guo, H., Carlisle, T., Mukherjee, A., Kinchla, A.J., White, J.C., Xing, B., He, L., September 2016. Evaluation of Postharvest Washing on AgNPs Removal from Spinach Leaves. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 64(37):6916-22. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02705.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Wang D., Wang Z., He F., Kinchla AJ., Nugen SR. 2016 Aug. Enzymatic Digestion for Improved Bacteria Separation from Leafy Green Vegetables. J Food Prot.79(8):1378-86. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-15-581.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Tianxi Yang, Zhiyun Zhang, Bin Zhao, Ruyan Hou, Kinchla, A.J., John M. Clark, and Lili He. 2016. Real-Time and in Situ Monitoring of Pesticide Penetration in Edible Leaves by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Mapping. Anal. Chem., 88 (10), pp 52435250. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b00320.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Wang Z, Wang D, Kinchla A.J., Sela DA, Nugen SR. 2016 Apr 12. Rapid screening of waterborne pathogens using phage-mediated separation coupled with real-time PCR detection. Anal Bioanal Chem.408(15):4169-78. doi: 10.1007/s00216-016-9511-2.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Alcaine, S. D., Law, K., Ho, S., Kinchla, A. J., and Nugen. S. R. Bioengineering Bacteriophages to Enhance the Sensitivity of Phage Amplification-based Paper Fluidic Detection of Bacteria. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Vol. 82. March 2016.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chong, V., Kinchla, A.J., June 2016. Assessing Commercial Quality Control Tools for On-Farm Postharvest Sanitation. Journal of Food and Dairy Technology.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Chang, A. Kinchla, A. September 2016. Development of a Produce Sanitizer SOP, Food Safety Twilight. UMass Research Farm. South Deerfield, MA.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Harper, K., Kinchla, A. September 2016. Finding a Brush Washer Standard Sanitation Operating Procedure, Food Safety Twilight. UMass Research Farm. South Deerfield, MA.
  • Type: Journal Articles Status: Published Year Published: 2016 Citation: Wang, D., Wang, Z., Chen, J. Kinchla, A.J., Nugen, S.R. April 2016. Rapid detection of Salmonella using a redox cycling-based electrochemical method. Food Control. Vol 62, Pg 81-88.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Carlisle, T., Kinchla, A.J. 2016. Profiles of Postharvest Agricultural Water in Western Massachusetts. International Association of Food Protection Annual Meeting, Abstract P1-21.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Gensler, C., Lawton, M., Kinchla, A.J. 2016. Identifying Best Management Practices for Produce Brush Washer. UMass Center of Agriculture, Food and the Environment. Undergraduate research Competition, Amherst, MA
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Gensler, C., Lawton, M., Kinchla, A.J.. 2016. Leveraging Seasonal Variation and Identifying Best Management Practices for Produce Brush Washer. International Association of Food Protection, St. Louis, MO.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Lawton, M., Kinchla, A.J. 2016. Assessing Food Safety Risks On-farm Through Environmental Monitoring. International Association of Food Protection, St. Louis, MO. International Association of Food Protection, St. Louis, MO.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2016 Citation: Carlisle, T., Kinchla, A.J. 2016. Quality survey of postharvest wash water from farms in western Massachusetts. Strategic Research Alliance, UMass, Amherst.
  • Type: Conference Papers and Presentations Status: Accepted Year Published: 2015 Citation: Kinchla, A.J. 2015. Applied Research for Improved Post-harvest Produce Washing. New England Vegetable Growers Conference, Manchester, NH.


Progress 12/31/14 to 09/30/15

Outputs
Target Audience: Nothing Reported Changes/Problems: Nothing Reported What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?During annual meeting participated in the Risk Management short course helped share knowledge pertaining to risk assessment, risk management and risk communication. The knowledge and skills learned have helped with UMass Food Science Extension Programming. Professionally, having the opportunity to engage with this network has significantly helped to expand the UMass Food Science collaboration for integrated research and extension programming. This network helped to secure the funding for the Northeast Regional Center (Kinchla: Co-PI). How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Nothing Reported What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Nothing Reported

Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals? -The S1056 Annual meeting is a network of food safety experts with focus in research and extension representing 27 universities. During this meeting each participant shares project updates and milestones relevant to risk managment and risk communication. - During annual meeting participated in the Risk Management short course that enhanced skills in risk assessment, risk management and risk communication. The knowledge and skills learned have helped with UMass Food Science Extension Programming - Risk communication: Established and/or expanded network gained from participating in the annual meeting has personally helped increase capaciaty of technical support for UMass Food Science Extension. I.e. Northeast Regional Center.

Publications