Two state universities have acquired major private sector patrons for food safety endeavors.

The University of Idaho has obtained a $2 million pledge from Agri Beef Co. and is continuing to raise money to build an $8 million meat science and innovation center on its campus in Moscow, ID.

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Totally on their own, E. coli bacteria have shown that they can evolve to a point where they are resistant to antibiotic drugs. Now some of the nation’s top scientists are showing how E. coli bacteria can resist ionizing radiation. They are taking advantage of the bacteria’s built-in ability to
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