Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship

Mission

The Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Program at Oregon State University is a research program committed to providing the highest quality analytical laboratory research support for:

• food quality assurance
• environmental integrity preservation
• enhancement of agricultural production
• recognition and dissemination of new knowledge

Vision

To create a Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Laboratory with the technical resources to assist in a systems approach to Oregon food safety, environmental stewardship and agricultural quality.

Values

The Food Safety and Environmental Stewardship Laboratory is a progressive and responsive research and teaching group with a staff that shares the following values:

• Commitment to quality, efficiency, empathy and client confidentially.
• Current knowledge of area agricultural industries, food safety and quality, and environmental concerns.
• Partnership with agricultural industries and governmental agencies.
• Academic standards: commitment to the advancement of analytical procedures, commitment to state-of-the-art competency.
• Team work, unity, courtesy, open communications, commitment to the mission of the program.
• Personal leadership, positive attitude, enthusiasm, flexibility, motivation, initiative, personal growth, acceptance of responsibility at every level.
• Trust, honesty, integrity and accountability.

Benefits

The FSES research team's applied analytical and environmental research is responsive, cost effective, and scientifically accountable. The FSES laboratory operates under fully-auditable GLPs. Our program benefits many of Oregon's citizens:

• Growers benefit from increased customer acceptance of Oregon-origin commodities
• Consumer confidence in the wholesomeness of Oregon-produced foods increases
• Oregon's economy and its agricultural sector gains increased marketability of their primary products
• Growers are able to provide data and information to agencies that can calculate actual or anticipated food safety risks from agrochemical residues
• Consumers and growers have greater access to information that supports their concerns about crop damage or the environmental impacts that result from overspray or carryover
• Oregon taxpayers will benefit from the added value of Oregon products and increased consumer confidence in Oregon foods
• Oregon's environmental resources