By Sylvia Kantor,College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
and Alyssa Patrick, and Office of Economic DevelopmentPULLMAN,Wash. – Consumer demand for secure, high quality, and additive-free packaged foods is on the rise. Washington State University is advancing toward meeting this demand thanks to two recent investments in innovative food processing technology based on microwave energy.
The U.
S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded WSU a $4 million grant to set up a middle of Excellence (https://nifa.usda.gov/centers-excellence) that will accelerate the technology transfer to mainstream commercial markets. This is the first middle of Excellence on Food Safety Processing ... » More ...
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