American Food Scientist is 2007 World Food Prize Awardee

Dr. Philip Nelson, an agriculture professor at Purdue University in Indiana, is this year’s recipient of the World Food Prize, an award given to individuals who have made significant contributions to improving the quality, quantity and availability of food in the world.

Nelson was cited for developing post-harvest technologies that allowed the large-scale storage, packaging and transportation of fruit and vegetable products. His "pioneering work" has made it possible to package and ship to other countries large quantities of food without losing nutritional value or taste, Kenneth Quinn, president of the World Food Prize Foundation, said at a June 18 ceremony at the U.S. State Department.

Nelson's research led to the discovery of methods and equipment to sterilize perishable food without the use of chemicals and preserve it at safe temperatures. He also developed a technology for preserving and shipping smaller quantities of food.

Read the press release at
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=June&x=20070618165621AKllennoCcM0.1270716.