Registration is now open for the 2022 Center for Produce Safety Research Symposium.

It is scheduled for June 21-22, at the Hyatt Regency at La Jolla, in San Diego, CA. 

A full list of funded research through 2021 can be found here. 2022 research grants will be announced at the symposium. The 2021 grants were:

RFP Year	Title	Grant Amount	Principal Investigator	PI Institution	Co-Investigator(s)	Start/End Date	Resources
2021	AFECCT: Assessing filtration efficacy for Cyclospora control	$221,468	Benjamin Rosenthal, S.D.	USDA – ARS	Jitender P. Dubey, M.V.Sc., Ph.D., Mark C. Jenkins, Ph.D., Manan Sharma, Ph.D., Kalmia E. Kniel, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Assessing Romaine lettuce “Forward Processing” for potential impacts on EHEC growth, antimicrobial susceptibility, and infectivity	$399,743	Xiangwu Nou, Ph.D	USDA – ARS	Yaguang Luo, Ph.D., Patricia Millner, Ph. D., Shirley Micallef, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Assessing the potential for production practices to impact dry bulb onion safety	$388,095	Joy Waite-Cusic, Ph.D.	Oregon State University	Stuart Reitz, Ph.D., Faith Critzer, Ph.D., Tim Waters, Ph.D., Linda J. Harris, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Cross-contamination risks in dry environments	$208,808	Nitin Nitin, Ph.D.	University of California, Davis	Linda J. Harris, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Cyclospora cayetanensis monitoring in agricultural water	$159,032	Lia Stanciu-Gregory, Ph.D.	Purdue University	Amanda Deering, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Microbial characterization of irrigation waters using rapid, inexpensive and portable next generation sequencing technologies	$322,942	Kerry Cooper, Ph.D.	University of Arizona	Kelly Bright, Ph.D., Channah Rock, Ph.D., Walter Betancourt, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Practical application of superheated steam to harvesting, processing, and produce packing tools and equipment	$396,178	Abby Snyder, Ph.D.	Cornell University	V.M. Balasubramaniam, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Quantifying risk associated with changes in EHEC physiology during post-harvest pre-processing stages of leafy green production	$328,442	Teresa Bergholz, Ph.D.	Michigan State University	Jade Mitchell, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Strategic approaches to mitigate Salmonella contamination of bulb onions	$408,522	Vijay Joshi, Ph.D.	Texas A&M AgriLife Research	Castillo Alejandro, Ph.D., Daniel Leskovar, Ph.D., Subas Malla, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Survival of Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella on surfaces found in the dry packinghouse environment and effectiveness of dry-cleaning processes on pathogen reduction	$190,272	Paul L. Dawson, Ph.D.	Clemson University	Kay Cooksey, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2022
2021	Towards a holistic assessment of the food-safety risks imposed by wild birds	$370,123	Daniel Karp, Ph.D.	University of California, Davis	Jeffery McGarvey, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023
2021	Validation study for the tree-fruit industry: effective strategies to sanitize harvest bins and picking bags	$262,648	Valentina Trinetta, Ph.D.	Kansas State University	Faith Critzer, Ph.D., Umut Yucel, Ph.D., Manreet Bhullar, Ph.D., Londa Nwadike, Ph.D.	1/1/2022 – 12/31/2023

For more information or to register, visit the CPS Research Symposium event page.

Registration options

There is a $25 administrative processing fee for any cancellation or refund. Full registration refund is guaranteed up to April 30. A 50 percent refund willbe given from May 1 – June 14. Registrations received after June 14 are non-refundable.

About CPS
The Center for Produce Safety is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. CPS is a collaborative partnership that leverages the combined expertise of industry, government and the scientific and academic communities to focus on providing research needed to continually enhance food safety. This level of collaboration allows CPS to fill the knowledge gaps on produce food safety and address both research priorities and immediate industry needs.

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