Arkansas Professor New Head of R&D for Safe Foods

(Little Rock, Arkansas - July 21, 2000 ) Safe Foods Corporation of N. Little Rock announced today that Dr. Amy L. Waldroup, tenured Professor of Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas, will join the company on August 1 as Director of Research and Development.

Safe Foods Corporation is commercializing a new food safety product discovered by researchers at the University of Arkansas. The discovery, now known as Cecure™, has attracted the interest of food producers and processors around the world because of its effectiveness against foodborne pathogens such as E. Coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Listeria and its long history of safe human consumption in common over-the-counter oral hygiene products

In the announcement, Curtis Coleman, President and CEO of Safe Foods, said that "Dr. Waldroup is widely recognized as one of the country's most outstanding and credible food safety scientists. Safe Foods plans to aggressively pursue the research and development of new food safety technologies and Dr. Waldroup is eminently qualified to direct the kind of cutting-edge R&D we're planning."

Waldroup holds a Ph..D. in Food Science and Technology from Texas A&M University. She has served as a poultry science professor at the University of Arkansas since 1987. She participates in the President's "Bringing the Farm-to-Table Food Safety Initiative to Classrooms Nationwide" committee. She is also the chairperson for Arkansas' Operation Food Safety program for public schools (pre-K to 12^th grade). She has served as chairperson for the Ozark Section of the Institute of Food Technologists. She has been published or cited in more than 100 technical and scientific journal articles. Waldroup will continue as an Adjunct Professor for the University in the Department of Poultry Science.

Safe Foods Corporation is a N. Little Rock, Arkansas, based corporation that specializes in the development and commercialization of food safety products for producers, processors, and consumers of dairy, meat, poultry, eggs, fish, fruits, and vegetables.