Food Science & Technology: Personnel

Mark A. Harrison

 

Description of Research Interests

Food microbiology and toxicology; Occurrence and survival characteristics of bacterial pathogens in processed food; Shelf-life extension of processed foods; Pathogen detection methodology

Courses Taught

FDST(MIBO) 4030/6030-4030L/6030L: Food Microbiology
FDST 4100/6100: Governmental Regulation of Food Safety and Quality
FDST 8050: Food Toxicology
FDST 8090: Advanced Food Microbiology

Selected Recent Publications

Simmons, Karen, Mark A. Harrison, William C. Hurst, Judy A. Harrison, Jeffery Brecht, Keith Schneider, Amy Simonne, and James Rushing.  2007.  Survey of food defense practices in produce operations in the southeast.  Food Protect. Trends.  27(3):174–184.

Murray, Melinda, Joshua Gurtler, Jee-Hoon Ryu, Mark A. Harrison, and Larry R. Beuchat.  2007.  Evaluation of direct plating methods to enumerate Alicyclobacillus in beverages.  Internat. J. Food Microbiol.  115:59–69. 

Son, Insook, Mark D. Englen, Mark E. Berrang, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, and Mark A. Harrison.  2007.  Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Arocbacter and Campylobacter on broiler carcasses during processing.  Internat. J. Antimicrobial Agents.  29:451-455. 

Son, Insook, Mark D. Englen, Mark E. Berrang, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, and Mark A. Harrison.  2007.  Prevalence of Arcobacter and Campylobacter on broiler carcasses during processing.  Internat. J. Food Microbiol.  113:16-22.

Musgrove, M.T., D.R. Jones, J.K. Northcutt, N.A. Cox, M.A. Harrison, P.J. Fedorka-Cray, and S.R. Ladely.  2006.  Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella and Escherichia coli Isolated from Commercial Shell Eggs.  Poultry Sci.  85:1665-1669. 

Chambliss, Sherre, Neelam Narang, Vijay K. Juneja, and Mark A. Harrison.  2006.  Thermal injury and recovery of Salmonella Enteritidis in ground chicken with temperature, pH and sodium chloride as controlling factors.  J. Food Prot.  69:2058-2065.

Son, Insook, Mark D. Englen, Mark E. Berrang, Paula J. Fedorka-Cray, and Mark A. Harrison.  2006.  Genetic diversity of Arcobacter and Campylobacter on broiler carcasses during processing.  J. Food Prot.  69:1028-1033.

Bauer-Garland, Jennifer, Jonathan G. Frye, Jeffrey T. Gray, Mark E. Berrang, Mark A. Harrison, and Paula J. Fedorka-Cray.  2006.  Transmission of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium in poultry with and without antimicrobial selective pressure.  J. Appl. Microbiol.  101:1301-1308.

Musgrove, M. T., D. R. Jones, J. K. Northcutt, M. A. Harrison, N. A. Cox, K. D. Ingram, and A. J. Hinton.  2005.  Recovery of Salmonella from commercial shell eggs by shell rinse and shell crush methodologies.  Poultry Sci.  84:1955-1958.

Blackman, I. C., Y. W. Park, M. A. Harrison.  2005.  Effects of Oxidative Compounds on Thermotolerance in Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strains EO139 and 380-94 J. Food Prot.  68:2443-2446. 

Musgrove, M. T., D. R. Jones, J. K. Northcutt, M. A. Harrison, and N. A. Cox.  2005.  Impact of Commercial Processing on the Microbiology of Shell Eggs.  J. Food Prot.  68:2367-2375. 

Kim, J. K., E. M. D'Sa, M. A. Harrison, J. A. Harrison, and E. L. Andress.  2005 Listeria monocytogenes Survival in Refrigerator Dill Pickles.  J. Food Prot.  68:2356-2361.

Musgrove, M., D. R. Jones, J. K. Northcutt, N. A. Cox, and M. A. Harrison.  2005.  Shell Rinse and Shell Crush Methods for the Recovery of Aerobic Microorganisms and Enterobacteriaceae from Shell Eggs.  J. Food Prot.  68:2144-2148.  

Phillips, C. A., M. A. Harrison.  2005.  Comparison of the Microflora on Organically and Conventionally Grown Spring Mix from a California Processor. J. Food Prot.  68:1143-1146. 

D'Sa, E. M., and M. A. Harrison.  2005.  Effect of pH, NaCl Content, and Temperature on Growth and Survival of Arcobacter spp.  J. Food Prot.  68:18-25. 

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