Episode 138: Fighting Foodborne Illness With New Research
UA researcher Sadhana Ravishankar has been working for more than a decade to improve food safety using all-natural, plant-based sanitizers to prevent outbreaks of foodborne illnesses like the recent one involving romaine lettuce grown in Yuma. Through research and collaboration with farmers, Ravishankar has shown that using essential oils, plant-based extracts and spice powders in a variety of foods can reduce or eliminate harmful bacteria, such as E. coli, salmonella, and listeria. In this episode: Leslie P. Tolbert, PhD, Regents’ Professor Emerita in Neuroscience; Torsten Falk, PhD, Associate Professor in Neurology and Pharmacology