The Promise of Safe Food for Billions
Biology Major co-chair Jae-Hyuk Yu MS’91, PhD’95 and his team, which includes research scientist Ahmad Alshannaq PhD’18 and food science Ph.D. student Dasol Choi, have created a product called D-Tox that can safely treat various foods contaminated with aflatoxins and another mycotoxin called patulin. D-Tox could help eliminate dangerous fungal toxins that afflict crops, animals, and humans worldwide.
Read more in the Fall 2021 edition of Grow magazine: https://grow.cals.wisc.edu/priority-themes/food-systems-priority-theme/the-promise-of-safe-food-for-billions.