Matthew Moore Receives $650K Grant to Detect Viruses in Food

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Food Processing recently reported on Matthew Moore, associate professor in the College of Natural Sciences's Department of Food Science, receiving a $650,000 grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) Agricultural and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) "to develop and investigate magnetic liquids for concentrating and detecting foodborne noroviruses and hepatitis A." Moore and his team aim to streamline the viral detection process, "better preventing foodborne illness and improving the public health response."

“Often, viral contamination of foods and the environment occurs at low levels even though consumption of the foods can still get people sick—because only a small number of viruses are needed to cause illness.”

— Matthew Moore to Food Processing

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