Dr. Richard Fischer has over 37 years of experience in the food industry (Continental Grain Company and The Pillsbury Company) and was the co-founder and president of Advanced Microbial Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of biological products for agriculture and waste remediation. Rick has an MS in organic chemistry, a PhD in food science and an MBA. Rick’s network in the microbiology community has been instrumental in helping us determine masses of bioterrorism agents that could be manufactured and added to foods, and has contributed to determining the processing and storage stability of various bioterrorism agents. He has also collected category information for various foods and has participated in distribution data collection. |