Keith Belk, PhD
Dr. Keith Belk is the Director of Eurofins’ Advanced Learning Institute and Professor and Holder of the Monfort Endowed Chair, Center for Meat Safety & Quality, Colorado State University (CSU), and as an Adjunct Professor in the Colorado School of Public Health. Previously, he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Animal Sciences at CSU. He earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from CSU, and a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He currently serves in a consulting role as the Director of Education for Eurofins Rapid Microbiology Laboratories, LLC. Dr. Belk is also a member of the International Committee for the National Western Stock Show, the Board of Directors for the International Stockmen’s Educational Foundation, on the Academic Advisory Committee for the Meat Institute Protein PACT, and on the technical advisory committees for Sustainable Beef, JBS, Colorado Premium Foods, and Hawkins.
Below are resources from Dr. Keith Belk:
Food Safety – Packaging Concerns – Opening Up a Can of …Well You Know. Learn about packing concerns from this case study performed by Eurofins SFA.
In this digital conference Eurofins experts, industry partners and food safety thought leaders guide attendees through a discussion of the latest solutions and controls for persistent pet food manufacturing issues.
Addressing the differences between Food Defense and Food Fraud in the wake of the Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule.
This infographic answers questions surrounding becoming certified organic in the spice industry.
Collecting environment samples in an aseptic manner is critical to ensuring the quality of the testing results. Eurofins Microbiology has updated our guide to effective environmental swabbing.
Eurofins’ Pesticide Residue Monitoring Plan provides an understanding of how to implement a pesticide residue monitoring plan.
Eurofins Nutrition Analysis Center has released the inaugural Nutrition Labeling Guide. The guide encompasses NLEA requirements and more.
Eurofins’ Arsenic Testing Guide provides awareness of arsenic in food and the importance of detecting both inorganic and organic forms.
The Critical Assessment of Methodologies used for the Characterization of Agave Syrups is an assessment to learn the different methods to detect agave syrup fraud.
The Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) is an essential part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) signed into law in 2011. One common question received is: “Who do these requirements apply to?”
