Grants and Contributions

To create a validated pasteurization process that can consistently achieve a minimum 2 log reduction of pathogens and their surrogate in fresh/frozen fruits and vegetables.

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

The purpose of this CanExport SMEs agreement is to support small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for activities related to export market development that are part of an export business case for a specific target market, particularly where activities are targeting departmental priority markets and sectors.

To support southern Ontario Community Futures Development Corporations in the provision of Canada Emergency Business Account-like loan support to businesses and organizations that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

RRRF funding will be used to support Recipients to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

E!13276 UK project with PolyChord Ltd., Queen's University, Belfast, NRC, and University of Guelph titled “FoodScan - combining pathogen microbiological developments and data science”.

The objectives of this research are to investigate the growth kinetics of Salmonella and Enterococcus (Salmonella surrogate) in low moisture foods including Walnuts, Sunflower, and Wheat, by developing microbial survival data of the Salmonella and Enterococcus in the three foods, followed by analysis of the data using artificial intelligence approaches to describe the behaviour of the bacteria via predictive mathematical growth models. Agri-Neo will provide microbial cultures, will treat foods with various parameters to be analyzed by PCR for efficacy, and will test the end model created.

Flour and other products milled from wheat, although raw products, was traditionally considered a low food safety risk since it usually undergoes a cooking step prior to consumption (i.e., baking) that kills pathogens. However, a series of recent high profile flour recalls have brought attention and scrutiny to the milling industry. Further, cleanliness at the mills and specifically within the tempering process has been highlighted as a major challenge as there is a lack of solutions available and a lack of attention placed on it.

Agri-Neo will be working to complete a food safety solution to address these problems.