Food and Beverages

Steven C Ricke is the holder of the Donald “Buddy” Wray Endowed Chair in Food Safety and Director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Arkansas. He is also a Faculty Member of the Department of Food Science and the Cellular and Molecular Graduate program. He served as Co-Founder and former President of the Arkansas Association of Food Protection (AAFP). He was named an AAFP Fellow in 2015 and a Poultry Science Association Fellow in 2017. His research program is primarily focused on virulence and pathogenic characteristics of foodborne Salmonella and Campylobacter. His research projects have emphasized studies on the growth, survival and pathogenesis of these organisms under conditions encountered during food animal production and processing.