Eastern Regional Research Center (ERRC)
Dr. John P. Cherry, Center Director Phyllis M. Davis, Executive Assistant Voice: (215) 233-6595 Fax: (215) 233-6777
Mission
The ERRC has responsibility for fundamental, applied and developmental research on agricultural commodities including milk, meat, poultry, hides, leather, wool, fats, oils, fruits, vegetables and juices. New knowledge and technology that will ensure an abundance of high quality agricultural commodities and products at reasonable prices to meet the increasing needs and to provide a continued improvement in the standard of living of all Americans are obtained through the following research objectives: improve and reduce pre- and postharvest losses; develop new and improved food and nonfood or industrial products and energy efficient processing technologies; upgrade nutritional value of foods; ensure microbial and chemical food safety via molecular biology studies, rapid detection-sensing methods, intervention technologies and risk assessment; decrease costs for production of fuel-grade alcohol and biodiesel from agricultural feedstocks; utilize by-products particularly potential pollutants; open new and expand existing domestic and foreign markets; reduce marketing costs and transfer technology. ERRC has six Research Units that conduct research work to benefit the producers of agricultural commodities, handlers and processors of food and nonfood products, federal action and regulatory agencies and the consumer. They are Dairy Processing and Products; Crop Conversion Science and Engineering; Food Safety Intervention Technologies; Fats, Oils and Animal Co-Products; Microbial Food Safety; and Microbial Biophysics and Residue Chemistry and Core Technologies. Two Work Sites, University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Delaware State University with microbial food safety programs report to ERRC.
HISTORY AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Eastern Regional Research Center, NAA, ARS, USDA 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038 Phone: (215) 233-6400 FAX: (215) 233-6777
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