The Steering Committee recently made final project selections for the FY 2005 Research Program. A total of 16 projects were approved for funding, including 6 in the Process and Product Competitiveness technical area, 5 in Environmental, and 5 in Food Safety and Health. Approved funds totaled $1,352,776 (this amount includes $1,052,776 in general funds and $300,000 in bond funds). The 16 projects (grouped under their respective technical areas) and their respective total funding amounts (general and bond) are as follows:
Process and Product Competitiveness
Non-contact Core Temperature Monitoring of Cooked Meat
Products (Continuation Project)
P.I.: John Stewart, Georgia Tech
FY 2005 Funding: $142,581
Portion Process Control of Pork, Beef, and Chicken Production
Processing (New Project)
P.I.: Wayne Daley, Georgia Tech
FY 2005 Funding: $97,904
Robotic Packing of Trays (New Project)
P.I.: Gary McMurray, Georgia Tech
FY 2005 Funding: $121,839
Automatic Detection of Tray Pack Integrity (Continuation
Project)
P.I.: Wayne Daley, Georgia Tech
FY 2005 Funding: $105,718
A Technical and Economic Evaluation of Alternative Methods
for Extending the Shelf Life of Fresh Pecans (New Project)
P.I.: John McKissick, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $53,471
Exploration of the Use of Membranes in the Storage of
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables (New Project)
Co-P.I.s: William Koros, Georgia Tech;
John McKissick, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $49,444
Environmental
Enhanced Odor and VOC Removal from Rendering Emissions
(New Project)
P.I.: James Kastner, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $124,788
Selection of Quarternary Ammonium Sanitizer Chemistries
for Improved
DAF Flocculent Performance, Skimmings Quality and Biosolids Management (Continuation
Project)
P.I.: Spyros Pavlostathis, Georgia Tech
FY 2005 Funding: $77,063
Combustion of Poultry Fat for Plant Heat and Steam (New
Project)
P.I.: Thomas Adams, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $42,252
Poultry Chiller Water Recycling by Microfiltration and
Disinfection (New Project)
P.I.: Rakesh Singh, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $67,221
The Development of Uses for Eggshells as an Alternative
to Landfill (New Project)
P.I.: Jeffrey Hsieh, Georgia Tech
FY 2005 Funding: $33,735
Food Safety and Health
Competitive Exclusion Bacteria Treatment to Control Listeria
monocytogenes in the Environment of a Ready-to-Eat Poultry Processing
Plant (Continuation Project)
P.I.: Michael Doyle, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $97,181
Overline Imaging System for Detecting Foreign Object
Material on Food Processing Lines (New Project)
P.I.: John Stewart, Georgia Tech
FY 2005 Funding: $66,931
Evaluation of Chlorine Dioxide as a Sanitizer for Fresh-Cut
Produce (Continuation Project)
P.I.: Larry Beuchat, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $78,499
Pilot-Scale, Pre-Commercial Production of Nutraceuticals
from Georgia Commodities (Continuation Project)
P.I.: R. Dixon Phillips, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $127,237
Georgia-Grown Blueberries and Colon Cancer (New Project)
P.I.:
Casimir Akoh, UGA
FY 2005 Funding: $66,912
This unique conference provides a national
forum for information transfer on safety management in the poultry industry.
Presentation topics range from worker safety/ergonomics to plant safety/plant
security to worker training.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Georgia
Poultry Federation, National Chicken Council, National Turkey Federation,
and Georgia Tech Research Institute.
For more information, contact Kristi Spivey at (404)
894-3412 or e-mail kristi.spivey@gtri.gatech.edu.
June 30: FY 2004 research projects completed
July 1: FY 2005 research projects begin
September 1: FY 2004 final project reports due
Did You Know?
One of Georgia’s largest cash crops is peanuts. Georgia
peanut farmers provide almost half of the U.S. peanut crop
each year — worth $390 million in 2001.
Peanuts are unusual
plants because they flower above ground but fruit underground.
The shelled peanut is the seed, which
is planted in April or May and grows into an oval-leafed plant
about 18 inches tall. Peanuts are harvested in September or
October.
The peanut is actually not a nut at all.
It is a legume. Perhaps that is why boiling peanuts (in the
shell, in salt water),
a cooking method typical of other beans, is so popular in the
South.
About 75 percent of Georgia’s peanuts are used
to make peanut butter. Americans eat about 2 million pounds
of peanut
butter and 1.6 million pounds of roasted peanuts every day.
Source: Georgia Agricultural Resources.
FoodPAC’s Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Report to Industry is now available. The report gives an overview of the Traditional Industries Program for Food Processing, provides the FoodPAC committee leadership listing and calender of events, and highlights the research results of 15 projects conducted during FY 2003 as well as activity plans for FY 2004. The report is available to all members of Georgia’s food processing industry.
To receive a copy, contact Kristi Spivey at (404) 894-3412
or e-mail kristi.spivey@gtri.gatech.edu.
The report can also be downloaded
in PDF format.
Steering Committee
Chairman
David Lee, D.L. Lee & Sons Inc., (912) 632-4406
Vice Chairman
Lee Bonecutter, Excel Corporation, (770) 252-5017
Executive Coordinator
Gary Black, Georgia Agribusiness Council, (706) 336-6830
Environmental Technical Committee
Chairman
Reggie Prime, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., (770) 989-3144
University Coordinator
Dale Threadgill, The University of Georgia, (706) 542-1653
Food Safety Technical Committee
Chairman
Bob Lauxen, Keystone Foods, (256) 964-1086
University Coordinator
Michael Doyle, The University of Georgia, (770) 228-7284
Process & Product Competitiveness
Technical Committee
Chairman
John Leszczynski, Thinkage, (678) 574-3041
University Coordinator
Craig Wyvill, Georgia Tech, (404) 894-3412
FY 2003-2004 Report to Industry Now Available