Christina Allingham and Matthew D. Moore Included on 40 Food Safety Professionals Under 40 List
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Postdoctoral research associate Christina Allingham and associate professor Matthew D. Moore from the College of Natural Sciences’s Department of Food Science were both recently included in the Class of 2025 for the highly prestigious 40 Food Safety Professionals Under 40 list, compiled by the Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness. Allingham graduated with her PhD from the Department of Food Science in 2025 under the supervision of Moore.
This annual recognition celebrates “the achievements and creativity of up-and-coming food safety professionals from across the world,” highlighting outstanding individuals who are driving positive change across the food industry, academia, and regulatory sectors. To be selected, awardees must be between 18 and 39 years old and have made “significant contributions to food safety and food safety culture in their respective field.” The Class of 2025 represents 37 different organizations and universities from across the globe.
“This award puts a spotlight on contributions to food safety and food safety culture, and it is a significant career and departmental honor for both Professor Moore and I,” Allingham contended.
"It is an incredible honor to make this list, and it is especially rewarding to get to be listed with a former star of our lab group and department!” Moore expressed. “Seeing Christina, along with two of our lab's other alumni in previous years, Sloane and Pragathi, on this list speaks volumes to how lucky I have been to get to work with great food safety scientists and to the high quality of the UMass Food Science program."
Click here to learn more about the Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness’s 40 Food Safety Professionals Under 40 list, and read a Food Safety Magazine article on the list’s Class of 2025.