The Steering Committee recently made final project selections for the FY 2006 Research Program. A total of 15 projects were approved for funding, including 6 in the
Process and Product Improvement technical area, 5 in Food Safety and Health, and 4 in Environmental. Approved funds totaled $1,285,000 (this amount includes $985,000 in general funds and $300,000 in bond funds).
The 15 approved projects (grouped under their respective technical areas) and their respective total funding amounts (general and bond) are as follows:
Process and Product Improvement
Package Inspection Field Trials - New
P.I.: Colin Usher, Georgia Tech
FY 2006 Funding: $74,900
Robotic Packing of Trays - Continuation
P.I.: Gary McMurray, Georgia Tech
FY 2006 Funding: $153,550
Continuous-Flow Radio-Frequency Heating of Marinated
Boneless Chicken Meat - New
P.I.: Romeo Toledo, UGA
FY 2006 Funding: $45,000
Portion and Process Control - Continuation
P.I.: Wayne Daley, Georgia Tech
FY 2006 Funding: $104,300
Non-Contact Core Temperature Monitoring of Cooked Meat
Products - Continuation
P.I.: John Stewart, Georgia Tech
FY 2006 Funding: $118,500
Testing the Market to Determine the Economics of Using
a Portable Nitrogen Flush/Membrane Technology in the Field
to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Product Quality in Georgia -Continuation
P.I.s: John McKissick,
UGA; Bill Koros, Georgia Tech
FY 2006 Funding: $24,575
Food Safety and Health
Production and Biological Testing of Nutraceutical Products
from Georgia Commodities - Continuation
P.I.: R. Dixon Phillips,
UGA
FY 2006 Funding: $126,725
Chemical Intervention Treatments to Inactivate Foodborne
Pathogens on Poultry - New
P.I.: Mike Doyle, UGA
FY 2006 Funding: $87,900
Overline Imaging System for Detecting Foreign Object
Material on Food Processing Lines - Continuation
P.I.: John
Stewart, Georgia Tech
FY 2006 Funding: $59,050
Measuring the Health-Promoting Components in Peanuts
and Peanut Products - New
P.I.: Ronald Eitenmiller, UGA
FY 2006 Funding: $55,350
Georgia-Grown Blueberries and Cancer Prevention: Studies
in Human Colon Cancer Cells and an Animal Model - Continuation
P.I.: Casimir Akoh, UGA
FY 2006 Funding: $88,000
Environmental
The Development of Uses for Eggshells as an Alternative
to Landfill - Continuation
P.I.: Jeff Hsieh, Georgia Tech
FY 2006 Funding: $96,500
Adaptable Reuse Technology for Food Processing and Agricultural
Industries Bio-Security - New
P.I.: Larry Forney, Georgia Tech
FY 2006 Funding: $79,450
Enhanced Odor and VOC Removal from Rendering Emissions
- Continuation
P.I.: James Kastner, UGA
FY 2006 Funding: $108,500
Treatment and Recovery of Poultry Processing Wastewater
Using a Membrane Bioreactor - New
P.I.: Rakesh Singh, UGA
FY 2006 Funding: $62,700
At the meeting, FoodPAC Executive Coordinator Gary Black presents
Outgoing Chair Lee Bonecutter with a plaque recognizing his service.
Steve Woodruff replaces Lee Bonecutter as Chair.
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New Chair and Vice Chair
Elected
May 23, 2005 FY 2006 research program
announced
June 30, 2005 FY 2005 research projects
completed
July 1, 2005 FY 2006 research projects
begin
September 1, 2005 FY 2005 final project
reports due
FoodPAC's Fiscal Year 2004-2005 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 highlights the research results of 15 projects conducted during
FY 2004 as well as activity plans for FY 2005.
The report is available to all memebrs 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 viewed or downloaded
online here.
Steering Committee
Chair, Steve Woodruff, WHEE,
Inc., (770) 844-0037, swoodruff@wheeinc.com
Vice Chair, Reggie Prime,
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., (770) 989-3144, rprime@na.cokecce.com
Executive
Coordinator, Gary Black, Georgia Agribusiness Council, (706) 336-6830,
gary.black@ga-agribusiness.org
Environmental Technical Committee
Chair, Dan Craig, Gold
Kist Inc., (770) 479-4060, dan.craig@goldkist.com
University
Coordinator, Dale Threadgill, University of Georgia, (706) 542-1653,
tgill@engr.uga.edu
Food Safety and Health Technical
Committee
Chair, Bob Lauxen, Keystone
Foods, (256) 964-1086, bob.lauxen@keystonefoods.com
University
Coordinator, Mike Doyle, University of Georgia, (770) 228-7284,
mdoyle@uga.edu
Process and Product Improvement
Technical Committee
Chair, Ann Hollingsworth,
Better Built Foods, LLC, (770) 854-4473, annholl@bellsouth.net
University Coordinator, Craig Wyvill,
Georgia Tech, (404) 894-3412, craig.wyvill@gtri.gatech.edu
The Food Chain is a publication of the Food Processing
Advisory Council and is produced bimonthly by Georgia Tech's Food
Processing Technology Division, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0823
Angela Colar, Editor - Phone: (404) 894-3412 - E-mail: angela.colar@gtri.gatech.edu
FY
2004-2005 Report to Industry Now Available