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:
Discover how a leading brand overcame protein precipitation and visual separation issues in their dairy-based RTD coffee. Explore the innovative solutions implemented to stabilize the coffee-dairy matrix and ensure product consistency.
Precise instrument calibration is critical for maintaining accurate mass balance in dairy plants. As highlighted in this Eurofins Case Study, inconsistent calibration practices can disrupt the accuracy of milk-to-butterfat ratios, leading to substantial revenue losses during production.
In the product development process, scaling dairy-based systems takes more than a good formula—it takes a deep understanding of how everything works together.
This case study details how Eurofins The National Food Lab was able to assist a start-up company in developing a shelf-stable Ready to Drink product with a high active concentration.
This case study details how Eurofins The National Food Lab was able to assist an ingredient supplier in understanding their new product's key performance differentiators to demonstrate their value proposition to potential clients.
This case study details how Eurofins The National Food Lab was able to assist a Consumer Packaged Goods company in evaluating the options for plant protein alternatives as a new ingredient option.
This case study details how Eurofins The National Food Lab was able to assist a Fortune 100 CPG company in migrating all of its ingredient and formulation data to a new PLM platform.
This case study details how Eurofins The National Food Lab was able to assist a Consumer Packaged Goods company in setting up a new product lifecycle management system.
Postbiotics are increasing in popularity, but are difficult to enumerate with traditional plating methods. Flow cytometry provides an avenue for measuring the dead or inactive cells in postbiotic products. This case study demonstrates how flow cytometry can assist with postbiotic enumeration when plate methods result in low cell counts.
Eurofins accepted a request to perform testing compliant with 21 CFR Parts 210/211 on an excipient material for over-the-counter pharmaceutical products and develop specific test methods to support the risk assessment of the manufacturing process and batch release. Read about what happened in response to the OOS test results.
