Short Title:
Microgreens Food Safety Analysis
Responsible HRP Element:
Human Health Countermeasures
Funding Status:
Active - Currently funded and in progress
Procurement Mechanism(s):
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Aims:
SA-1: Conduct seed sanitation on a variety of microgreen cultivars (n=24 different cultivars). This will include identification of a viable seed sanitation protocol, sanitation protocol optimization as needed, germination viability testing, and basic microbiological analysis to determine efficacy of sanitation process in reducing microbial counts.
SA-2: Propagate a variety of microgreen cultivar types (n=24 different cultivars) that are down-selects already screened from SLPSRA funded microgreen screening conducted in FY20 and perform standard food safety analysis (APC, fungal, pathogen screening) on a variety of microgreen cultivars (minimum n=12 cultivar types), to include analysis of edible tissue sanitized with ProSan.
SA-3: Understand impacts of plant height at harvest (able to be manipulated by light spectrum), seed density at time of planting, and role of blue light in food safety metrics of microgreens (n=6-12 microgreen cultivars tested, depending on variable). Results of SA-3 will be included in the SLPSRA funded Space Crop Production Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point plan currently under development that is currently not tasked with microgreen analysis.
Other Resources
Other Resources Needed?
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Yes
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Category:
Risk Characterization, Quantification
Subcategory:
Evidence or Risk Characterization
Description:
Oct 2020-Jan 2021 Seed sanitation and germination testing (SA-1)
Nov 2020-Feb 2021 Microgreens food safety growth trials (SA-2)
Dec 2020-Apr 2021 Microgreens food safety microbiological analysis (SA-2)
Mar 2021-April 2021 Plant height impacts on microgreens food safety (SA-3)
Apr 2021-May 2021 Seed density impacts on microgreens food safety (SA-3)
May 2021-Jun 2021 Blue light impacts on microgreens food safety (SA-3)
Jan 2021 Present at IWS
Aug 2021 Final report submitted to HRP
Internal Customers:
None
External Customers:
None