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Elisa Loeser

United States International Program Specialist Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA)

I work for the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service in the Office of Capacity Building and Development. I manage food safety capacity building programs with a focus on aflatoxin reduction in crops. I grew up in New England, and I have a Master's in Food Studies.

Women farmers in Nigeria receive Aflasafe. Source IITA

USDA Technology Helps Feed the World Safe Food

Food safety is both an economic and social issue, affecting people from farm to fork. As an example, aflatoxins are highly toxic, cancer-causing poisons that contaminate food and animal feed...