Local, Regional, and National Resources - Oregon

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This document was created to help you find local and regional Food Safety support.  For self-help resources, guides, and templates see bottom of this document

Local Food Safety Resources

• Joy Waite-Cusic, PhD joy.waite-cusic@oregonstate.edu – food safety, process validations, microbial spoilage/quality, FSPCA PCHF, HACCP, dairy/food safety assistance
• Jovana Kovacevic, PhD jovana.kovacevic@oregonstate.edu – food safety, FSPCA PCHF, environmental monitoring, Listeria
• Stephanie Brown stephanie.brown@oregonstate.edu – food safety, FSPCA PCHF, cheese, dairy/food safety assistance, Listeria spp., antimicrobials/sanitizers, biocontrol strategies
• Hussein Mohamed, PhD – hussein.mohamed@oregonstate.edu food safety, non-thermal processing, spores, GMPs
• Oregon State University Dairy Foods Extension link; Lisbeth Goddik, PhD lisbeth.goddik@oregonstate.edu
• Oregon Dept of Agriculture - Karel Smit Program ksmit@oda.state.or.us Manager Dairy and Shellfish Food Safety; RobertWilson rwilson@oda.state.or.us, Dairy Specialist Food Safety

Regional Food Safety Resources

• Western Regional Center to Enhance Food Safety link
• Oregon FDA - Robert Vezzetti Robert.vezzetti@fda.hhs.gov, Milk Quality Specialist
• Oregon Dairy Farmers Association link
• Oregon Dairy Industries link
• Product/innovation support at Oregon State University Food Innovation Center Sarah Masoni sarah.masoni@oregonstate.edu or OSU Food Science and Technology link
• Find additional resources through your regional dairy check-off Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council link

National Resources - Not finding local help?

• Dairy Food Safety Support available nationwide  
  • National Dairy Food Safety Hotline staffed by experts Dairyfoodsafetycoach@cornell.edu or call (315) 787-2600
  • Center for Dairy Research  - Food safety/quality support aobrien@cdr.wisc.edu
• National Organizations with dairy food safety resources
  • Safe Cheesemaking American Cheese Society curated resource hub
  • Safe Ice Cream  Food safety resource hub for ice cream
  • Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy  Food safety guides, checklists, workshops
  • North American Ice Cream Association  Food safety page
  • WCMA Food safety page and templates
  • The Dairy Practices Council Peer reviewed guidance documents
  • 3-A Sanitary Standards  Standards for hygienic design

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These tools were curated in collaboration with a team of industry, trade association and academic volunteers.  If you think a resource or contact is missing, please let us know innovationcenter@usdairy.com