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FDA Summer Internship in Microbiology to Understand Preharvest Pathogen Colonization of Produce
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- The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, known as CFSAN, provides services to consumers, domestic and foreign industry and other outside groups regarding field programs; agency administrative tasks; scientific analysis and support; and policy, planning and handling of critical issues related to food, dietary supplements, and cosmetics.
- Research Project: The goals of this project are to study the complex interactions of human pathogens such as Salmonella and shiga-toxin producing E. coli with fresh produce commodities in the preharvest agricultural environment to ultimately assist in preventative controls.
- Various environmental and cultivation factors, such as humidity, extreme temperatures, soil composition, fumigation/fertilization/irrigation methods, or soil amendment applications, will be evaluated for their potential contribution to colonization prior to harvest.
- NCSU biosafety procedures for researching in a biosafety level 3P phytotron facility
- Participants do not become employees of FDA, DOE or the program administrator, and there are no employment-related benefits.
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