28 August 2018

 

Narelle Fegan

co-Group Leader of Food Safety and Stability, Food Program.

Research-area, importance, impact:

• Understanding how foodborne pathogens survive and persist through food systems is important for controlling foodborne illness.
• Foodborne illness in Australia is increasing and impacts negatively on public health, as well as the reputation and economic viability of food production systems in Australia.
• Our research is helping Australian industries to control foodborne pathogens to ensure they can maintain access to both domestic and international markets.

Area/s of expertise:

• Survival and persistence of foodborne pathogens in red meat, poultry and dairy based production systems and the application of “omics” technologies for improving management of foodborne pathogens in Australian food systems

 

Danyang Ying

Senior Research Scientist, Food Program.

Research-area, importance, impact:

• Reducing food loss and value addition to agricultural and horticultural by-products and creating value added ingredients and products (e.g. powders, extruded snacks) from vegetables, fruits and processing by-product (e.g. apple pomace from juice pressing) that would otherwise be wasted. The ingredients and products captures the nutritional benefits of the vegetables and fruits; Consumers are able then to eat veg or fruit in various formats which appeal to them (e.g. snacks); Provides potential alternative pathways to farmers to get value from their produce, which is unable to be sold in fresh produce market, and to food processors to get value from the processing by-products, which are otherwise wasted. This will contribute to the effective use of resources (e.g. water, energy) that have gone into producing the food and contributes to global food security.

Area/s of expertise:

• Food extrusion and processing;
• Moisture sorption, water activity, food formulation and physical stability;
• Microencapsulation, stabilisation and delivery of bioactives (eg. probiotics and oil soluble bioactives).

 

Leonie Walter

PhD Candidate, Food Program.

Research-area, importance, impact:

• Regulation of milk fat globule size in the mammary gland.
• Potential nutritional benefits of milk with small milk fat globules.
• Potential for targeted selection of cows based on milk fat globule size.

Area/s of expertise:

• Animal Production Science.
• Lactation Physiology.
• Dairy Science.

 

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