EDEN Professional Development Webinar
Keep the Holidays Merry with Food Safety

Webinar Details:

• Date: Tuesday, December 10
• Time: 1 p.m. Eastern Time
• Presenters: Amy Simonne, University of Florida
• Description: The holidays are a very hectic time with all the food, family and friends gatherings, and festivities. This is also a prime opportunity for foodborne illnesses, accidents and injuries to occur. This webinar will share tips on how to keep the holidays healthy and safe.

Registration is required to attend. Register here

Dr. Amy Simonne is a professor in the Family, Youth and Community Science Department and extension food safety specialist with the University of Florida. Dr. Simonne received a BS in Chemistry and Biology from the Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, and earned both MS and Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology at the University of Georgia. She is actively involved with the graduate and undergraduate teaching programs.Her research program addresses chemical, microbial food safety, with specific emphasis on ethnic foods and fresh produce. She also develops many extension educational programs in the areas of safe food handling, safe produce handling, and worker health and hygiene training. Her extension program in food safety and quality serves both food professionals and consumers.

Dr. Simonne has more than 150 technical publications including refereed journals, peer-reviewed research reports, peer-reviewed extension fact sheets, proceedings, and peer-reviewed abstracts. Her works have been recognized at the international, national, regional, and local levels. She has been successful in securing extramural funding for research and extension programs as principal investigator, co-principal investigator or co-investigator. She is a recipient of many awards for her work in extension.