DR. JOHN MARCY Extension Food Scientist

Dr. Marcy received his B.S. in Food Technology and Science from the University of Tennessee and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Food Technology from Iowa State University. As an undergraduate, he worked for Stokely-Van Camp in a vegetable canning plant in Wisconsin for six months. After graduation, he worked in the poultry industry from 1975 through 1981 in the areas of production management and quality assurance for Swift & Co. and Jerome Foods. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Marcy became Director of Quality Control of Portion-Trol Foods, a USDA Total Quality Control facility supplying beef and pork products to the food service industry. Dr. Marcy joined the Food Science Dept. of Virginia Tech in 1988 as Assistant Professor/Extension Food Scientist, Poultry Products and accepted a similar position in the Center of Excellence for Poultry Science at the University of Arkansas in 1993. In 2005, he was promoted to Professor.

Dr. Marcy's research interests are poultry processing and product quality factors, meat microbiology and food safety. He does most of his educational programming with Hazard Anaylsis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), sanitation and microbiology for processing personnel. Dr. Marcy prepared the first HACCP training book for the Educational Foundation of the National Restaurant Association. The American Egg Board awarded him the Golden Egg Award for establishing food service training partnerships in Virginia and Arkansas. He has twice provided testimony to the U.S. Senate following the 1993 E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak in the Pacific Northwest.

Dr. Marcy is currently working as part of the development team on a Master of Food Safety degree delivered via the internet. The initial stages are a collaborative effort with Tyson Foods, but the Food Safety Training and Education Initiative (FSTEI) will be broad-based and will work toward developing the "renaissance professional" in food safety.

CONTACT INFORMATION

jmarcy@uark.edu

Dr. John Marcy
Center of Excellence for Poultry Science
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Telephone: 479-575-2211
FAX: 479-575-8775

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