Assistant Professor of Marketing M. Douglas Voss recently made a presentation entitled “Achieving All-Hazards Preparedness and Response: Review of Joint NEHA and Michigan State University Department of Homeland Security Survey Results” at the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Annual Educational Conference.
The purpose of the presentation was to detail results of a survey targeted toward environmental health professionals and explore their greatest needs and challenges in preparing for a food contamination event, possibly due to terrorism or natural disaster such as Katrina. The survey was funded by a grant from the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, in collaboration with Michigan State University, and is part of a continuing effort to safeguard the nation’s food supply from terrorism or other modes of contamination through funded university research.