Our guest this week is Dr. Jennifer Acuff, an Assistant Professor of Food Microbiology at University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, AR. Although her integrated research, extension, and teaching program is currently focused on serving the producers of Arkansas, Dr. Acuff is no stranger to working and collaborating with processors and universities throughout the U.S. Dr. Acuff was born and raised in College Station, TX, earned a B.S. in Biology at Abilene Christian University, an M.S. in Food Science at Kansas State University, and Ph.D. in Food Science from Virginia Tech. Over the years, her research has ranged from beef safety to low-moisture, ready-to-eat foods, with the common, overarching goal of providing applied, useful research to stakeholders and consumers.

In this episode you will learn about:

- The importance of eliminating pathogens

- The presence of E-coli and Salmonella 

- Antimicrobial interventions

- Killing pathogens through scalding

- Contamination via evisceration

And a lot more!

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