Food Supply Content

How Should I Protect Myself from Coronavirus in a Grocery Store?

Karen Michele Nikos — May 19, 2020 - 10:20am

Wear a mask, but skip the gloves. Don’t sanitize the apples.

Genome of Wheat Ancestor Sequenced

Amy M Quinton — November 15, 2017 - 11:00am

Sequencing the bread wheat genome has long been considered an almost insurmountable task, due to its enormous size and complexity. Yet it is vitally important for the global food supply, providing more than 20 percent of the calories and 23 percent of the protein consumed by humans.

Now, an international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, has come a step closer to solving the puzzle by sequencing the genome of a wild ancestor of bread wheat known as Aegilops tauschii, a type of goatgrass.

Vet Med, State Dedicate New Animal Health-Food Safety Lab

Dave Jones — November 01, 2016 - 11:46am

The California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, run by the School of Veterinary Medicine, has opened a fourth lab — this one near Tulare, midway between Fresno and Bakersfield. The School of Veterinary Medicine operates the lab system for the state, to protect animal health and performance, and safeguard public health and the food supply.

New Animal Diagnostic Lab to Be Dedicated in California’s Ag Heartland

Patricia Bailey — October 27, 2016 - 11:53am

A new diagnostic laboratory, designed to protect human and animal health and safeguard the nation's food supply, will be dedicated Oct. 8 in Tulare, California, as part of a partnership between the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and the California Department of Food and Agriculture .