Keith R. Schneider, Ph.D.
Education
1991 Ph.D. Food Science & Human Nutrition, University of Florida
1987 M.S. Public Health, University of South Florida
1984 B.S. Education, University of Florida
Research Interests
Research interests include a focus in the area of food safety, particularly with respect to produce, juice and beverage safety. A major effort has been expended in the area of risk assessment and mitigation of foodborne pathogens associated with fresh produce. Processing technologies, including chemical and microbiological characterization of processing parameters, and alternative technologies for the reduction and/or elimination of microbial contamination also comprise a portion of the research assignment. These programs are extramurally funded. This also involves development of an active graduate student-training program, primarily within the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, and service to the University and the food industry as needed.
Teaching
Teaching responsibilities have focused on graduate student advising and in the development of distance education courses. The main area of student activity has concentrated on the microbial safety of all foods, with a specific emphasis on produce. This is a stated departmental priority for both research and teaching programs. The distance educations courses created to date include Food Safety and Sanitation and HACCP Systems. The on-campus Current Issues in Food Science and Nutrition was created to introduce students to a wide range of topics currently in the news.
Selected Publications
Jackson, C., Archer, D.L., Goodrich-Schneider, R., Gravani, R.B., Bihn, E.A., and Schneider, K.R. 2007. Determining the Effect of Good Agricultural Practices Awareness on Implentation: A Multi-state Survey. Food Protection Trends. Vol 27(9):684-693.
Walter, C.M.*, Schmidt, R.H., Schneider, K.R. and Cornell, J. 2007. A Survey Of Home Food Safety Practices Of Government Employees In Osceola County, Florida. Food Protection Trends. 27(6):389-399.
Warren, B.R.*, Yuk, H-G., and Schneider, K.R. 2007. Survival of Shigella sonnei on smooth tomato surfaces, in potato salad and in raw ground beef. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 116:400–404.
Simmons, K., Harrison, M.A., Hurst, W.C., Harrison, J., Brecht, J.K., Schneider, K.R., Simonne, A. and Rushing, J. 2007. Survey of Food Defense Practices in Produce Operations in the Southeast. Food Protection Trends. 27(3):174-184.
Mahovic, M.J., Schneider, K.R., Cordasco, K. and Brecht, J.K. 2007. Salmonella Recovery from Tomato Fruit Surfaces as Affected by Ethylene. HortTechnol. 17(1):52-55.
Yuk, H.G., Warren, B.R.* and Schneider, K.R. 2007. Effects of Labeling Tomato Surfaces Using a Low Energy Carbon Dioxide Laser on Infiltration and Survival of Salmonella spp. HortTechnol. 17(1):67-71.
Warren, B.R.*, Rouseff, R.L., Schneider, K.R. and Parish, M.E. 2007. Identification of Volatile Sulfur Compounds Produced by Shigella sonnei using Gas Chromatography - Olfactometry. Food Control. 18:179-182.
Warren, B.R.*, Yuk, H.G. and Schneider, K.R. 2006. Detection of Shigella sonnei in Selected Foods by Flow-Through Immunocapture Followed by Real-time PCR or Isolation on MacConkey Agar. J. Rapid Methods Auto. Microbiol. 14(4):309-324.
Warren, B.R.*, Parish, M.E. and Schneider, K.R. 2006. Shigella as a Foodborne Pathogen and Current Methods for Detection. Crit. Rev. Food. Sci. Nutr. 46:551-567.
Yuk, H.G.†, Warren, B.R., Schneider, K.R. 2006. Preliminary Evaluation of Flow-Through Immunocapture followed by Real-time PCR for the Detection of Salmonella Serovars on Tomato Surfaces within 8 Hours. J. Food Prot. 69(9):2253-2257.
Yuk, H.G.†, and Schneider, K.R. 2006. Acid adaptation of Salmonella spp. in juice stored under refrigerated and room temperature enhances acid resistance in simulated gastric fluid. Food Microbiol. 23:694-700.
Yuk, H.G.*, Bartz, J.A. and Schneider, K.R. 2006. The effectiveness of sanitizer treatments in eliminating Salmonella spp. on smooth surface, stem scar, and wound of bell pepper, cucumber, and strawberry. J. Food Sci. 71:95-99.
Felkey, K.*, Archer, D.L., Goodrich, R.M., Bartz, J.A. and Schneider, K.R. 2006. The Chorine Disinfection of Tomato Surface Wounds Contaminated with Salmonella spp. Hort Technol. 16(2):253-256.
Warren, B.R.*, Parish, M.E. and Schneider, K.R. 2006. Comparison of Conventional Culture Methods and FTA Filtration-Nested PCR for the Detection of Shigella spp. on Tomato Surfaces. J. Food Prot. 68(8):1606-1612.
Contact Information
216 AFPL Building
P.O. BOX 110370
Newell Drive
University of Florida
Gainesville, Fl 32611-0370
Email: keiths29@ufl.edu
