Machado’s food safety research highlighted by Penn State News
Penn State News highlighted research led by Robson Machado, a food science specialist and assistant extension professor with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension. Machado was a doctoral student at Pennsylvania State University while conducting the research, which investigated the sanitation, personal hygiene and food safety practices at 17 small-scale cheesemaking businesses to inform better practices for food safety training. The researchers concluded that low-tech training options are still effective for certain industries and audiences.