www.goodfruit.com Good Fruit Grower JANUARY 15, 2016 9
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athleen Glass started working at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison Food
Research Institute 30 years ago, studying
various microbes — primarily those turning
up in the meat and dairy industries — and
assisting with food safety investigations.
She added her first fruit case last year with a Listeria
monocytogenes outbreak in caramel apples. Now, Glass
and other researchers are working to better understand
the needs of the tree fruit industry in order to help
growers, packers and retailers meet new food safety
regulations and ensure the safety of their products.
"The meat and dairy industries had problems 20
years ago. That's really when we found our religion
Shannon Dininny/GooD Fruit Grower
Rick Beecroft of Monson Fruit Company leads food safety
scientist Kathleen Glass of the University of Wisconsin-
Madison Food Research Institute on a tour of the packing
house to better understand challenges faced by the tree
fruit industry to meet new food safety regulations.
