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Food Safety research, teaching, and outreach programs at the University of Maryland can be found in several departments, colleges, and fields. Key faculty at the University of Maryland, with active food safety research, teaching, and outreach programs include:

Robert L. Buchanan, Professor and Director-Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3), and Professor-Department of Nutrition and Food Science http://cfs3.umd.edu/about/cfs3-faculty/#buchanan

Jianghong Meng, Professor and Director-Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN), Associate Director-Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3), and Professor- Department of Nutrition and Food Science http://agnr.umd.edu/directory/Bio.cfm?ID=jmeng

Y. Martin Lo, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in Food Safety and Processing-Department of Nutrition and Food Science http://lo.umd.edu/

Abani K. Pradhan, Assistant Professor-Department of Nutrition and Food Science, and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3)
http://agnr.umd.edu/directory/Bio.cfm?ID=akp

Shirley Micallef, Assistant Professor-Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3)
http://cfs3.umd.edu/about/cfs3-faculty/#micallef

Debabrata Biswas, Assistant Professor-Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, and Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3) http://ansc.umd.edu/faculty/Biswas/

Christopher Walsh, Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator-Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture http://www.psla.umd.edu/faculty/walsh.cfm

Amy Sapkota, Assistant Professor-Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, School of Public Health
http://cfs3.umd.edu/about/umd-faculty/#sapkota

Undergraduate Food Safety Studies at the University of Maryland: Prospective undergraduate students interested in the discipline of Food Safety are encouraged to apply for the Food Science undergraduate program.Currently, there is no Food Safety specific major at the University of Maryland. However, this program provides outstanding food safety training to students with a number of food safety, food microbiology, food quality, food processing, and epidemiology courses. In addition, undergraduates have excellent opportunities available to perform food safety research at multiple departments and colleges in the University of Maryland.

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