
History of Food Safety
George Bean - Professor, cell biology and molecular genetics, University of Maryland
Expertise: History - food disasters of the past - rye fungus poisoning; toxic fungi; toxic molds; detection and prevention of toxigenic fungi in foods and animal feeds
Credentials: 3 decades working with toxic fungi that occur in foods and feeds; recent interview with Horizon Entertainment on toxic molds
Contact: gb9@umail.umd.edu; Ellen Ternes, (301) 405-4627, eternes@accmail.umd.edu
Website: www.life.umd.edu/CBMG/faculty/bean.html
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