58th Annual Vegetable & Flower Seed Conference

Yaguang Luo
Research Food Technologist
USDA, ARS, NEA, BARC, FQL/EMFSL


Yaguang (Sunny) Luo is an internationally recognized expert on food safety and the quality of fresh and minimally processed fruits and vegetables. Through pioneering research in the fresh-cut industry, her innovation and leadership have led to new products and process improvements. Serving as a lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, her research findings have supported the development and implementation of science- and risk-based food safety policies and performance standards in both the United States and internationally. Luo has served on the White House Office of Science and Technology’s Interagency Taskforce for Food Safety and on the joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization expert panel for produce safety. She has published 130 peer-reviewed journal articles, mentored 26 visiting professors/postdoctoral associates, and advised 14 graduate students at seven universities. She currently chairs IFT’s Fruit and Vegetable Product Division and is the past president of the Chinese American Food Society.

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