Congratulations to the Challenge Winners: Purdue University and Pronucleotein, Inc. We are thrilled to announce the Purdue University and Pronucleotein, Inc. teams as the winners of the 2014 FDA Food Safety Challenge! As the grand prize winner, Purdue University will receive $300,000 in prize money. Pronucleotein, Inc., the runner-up winner, will receive $100,000 in prize…
PMA fresh January 2015 Article In 2012, Jim Byron incorporated Xgenex, a food safety innovation company, which aims to commercialize cutting-edge solutions, including green and sustainable technologies. He came to Xgenex following technical sales, management, director, and vice president and chief executive positions. Prior to collaborating with an executive group to form Xgenex, Byron worked…
Water Filtrosis TM: The Ultimate Solution for Produce Process Water Reuse Today large, expensive, capital intensive equipment is used by water authorities to convert wastewater into potable drinking water that we use to drink, cook, shower and enjoy in our everyday lives. For just a penny or less per gallon you now have access to…
Three Startups Destined to Disrupt the Industry The fresh produce and floral industry is prime territory for some of the most promising startups, focused on everything from precision farming to food safety detection, data management and consumer technologies. Here is a snapshot of three new ventures: XGENEX When a new player in the industry emerges…
“When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager or unsatisfactory kind.” —William Thomson, Lord Kelvin (1824–1907) These words are as true today as they were over a century and a…
Shiga-toxin Producing E. coli Our world as food scientists has changed already. The most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network Report of Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food (1996–2010) clearly highlights recent data indicating that reported illnesses associated with non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli…