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OSU off ers food science scholarship Baby formula
By SIERRA DAWN
MCCLAIN
Capital Press
CORVALLIS — Oregon
State University has created
a new scholarship fund for
undergraduate students in its
Department of Food Science
and Technology.
The scholarship is avail-
able to students in the depart-
ment’s three study areas:
food science, fermentation
science and enology and viti-
culture. The fund is designed
to support hands-on learning
for students in the program,
including inter nships,
research and work-abroad
programs.
Directly, college offi cials
say, the scholarship benefi ts
students. Indirectly, it could
benefit Oregon’s food and
farming industries by help-
ing develop better future food
scientists.
“This (scholarship) will
have an immense impact,”
said Lisbeth Goddik, profes-
sor and department head of
the OSU Department of Food
Science and Technology.
Graduates of the program
have gone on to work in many
sectors, including at food
companies, breweries, winer-
ies, dairies and creameries,
as production supervisors
on farms with value-added
processing, as inspectors for
agencies and as entrepreneurs.
“Our current food science
Tim Marsh/Oregon State University
Students in this undated photo make cheese at Oregon State
University’s creamery. OSU has created a new scholarship
fund for undergraduate students in its Department of Food
Science and Technology.
overcome some of the fi nan-
cial barriers students run
into,” Goddik said.
In 2022, the scholarship
is targeted to support 30 to
50 out of the department’s
approximately 100 undergrad-
uate students.
Lian Moy, an OSU student
who was approved to receive
the scholarship this year, said
she plans to use it to pay for
housing to study abroad fall
term at Wageningen Univer-
sity & Research, an agri-
cultural university in the
Netherlands.
“It would be really tough
to study abroad without the
scholarship,” Moy said.
Moy works in OSU’s
creamery, where she said she
enjoys making cheese. Moy
students are the future leaders
of Oregon’s food and beverage
industries,” Goddik said.
The program, college
offi cials and students say, is
already hands-on, but some
students have missed out
on the opportunity to study
abroad or do internships
because they couldn’t aff ord
the additional costs of travel
or housing.
This new fund aims to solve
that problem; the scholarship
can be used to support travel
and/or lodging for students
who are doing internships,
studying or working abroad in
food science via offi cial OSU
exchange programs or doing
undergraduate research in the
department.
“This scholarship can help
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By ALEX WITTWER
EO Media Group
LA GRANDE — A
popular baby formula
producer has recalled a
line of its products after
one infant died from a rare
bacterial infection.
Abbott, makers of the
Similac infant formula,
recalled Similac, Alimen-
tum and EleCare products
on Feb. 17 after an infant
was infected with Crono-
bacter sakazakii and later
died after being fed one of
the products. Additionally,
there were four consumer
complaints related to
Cronobacter sakazakii or
Salmonella Newport in
infants who had consumed
powder infant formula
manufactured in their
Sturgis, Michigan plant,
according to a press release
from Abbott.
The Food and Drug
Administration is investi-
gating those complaints.
While not overly danger-
ous to adults, Cronobacter
has a high risk for infants,
according to the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention. The disease
is known to increase the
risk of infant meningitis.
Symptoms of the infec-
tion include poor feeding,
jaundice, grunting breaths,
fever, diarrhea and abdom-
inal cramps, according to
the FDA.
The recall is in eff ect for
any products with an expi-
ration date after April 1,
2022, according to the press
release.
New guidance includes
recalls for the Similac
PM 60/40 product with
lot number 27032K80.
Consumers can fi nd the lot
number on the bottom of
the can of infant formula,
next to the expiration date.
The product recall is
only for powder-based
products. Liquid-based
baby formula is unaff ected
by the recall.
Those with recalled
products are urged not
to use the formula and to
contact Abbott directly
at 1-800-987-8540 or
return the product to their
grocery store or pharmacy
in order to get a replace-
ment product.
Baker County man running
for state labor commissioner
By JAYSON JACOBY
Baker City Herald
BAKER COUNTY — A
Baker County man has fi led
as a candidate for Oregon
labor commissioner.
Robert Neuman, who
lives near Greenhorn, is one
of four people seeking the
nonpartisan offi ce.
Oregon’s Commissioner
of Labor and Industries —
the offi cial title — enforces
state laws prohibiting
discrimination in employ-
ment, housing, public
accommodation and voca-
tional, professional and trade
schools. The commissioner
has the authority to initiate a
“commissioner’s complaint”
on behalf of victims of
discrimination.
The current commis-
sioner, Val Hoyle, is a candi-
date for Congress. Her term
ends in January 2023.
Four candidates have
fi led for the May 17, 2022,
primary — Neuman, Chris
Henry, Casey Kulla and
Christina Stephenson.
If one candidate receives
more than half the votes,
that person would be elected
outright.
Otherwise, the top two
candidates in the primary
would advance to a runoff
in the Nov. 8, 2022, general
election.
Neuman, who has lived in
Baker County for about 10
years, said he thinks the labor
commissioner can be a more
vocal advocate for programs
such as job apprenticeships,
such as in the construction
industry, that off er good-pay-
ing careers without the need
for a college degree.
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Neuman said the labor
commissioner is a “low-pro-
fi le” state offi ce compared
with, for instance, the secre-
tary of state.
“A lot of people don’t real-
ize the job exists,” he said.
He said he would like to
see the labor commissioner
promote changes in job qual-
ifi cations that list only things
relevant to the job.
Neuman believes that
broader descriptions, with
long lists of qualifi cations,
can discourage people from
applying from jobs because
they don’t think they have
all the needed skills, even
in cases where some of the
qualifi cations aren’t actually
required for the job.
Neu man said his
campaign will rely mainly
on “knocking on doors” and
meeting potential voters.
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said she hopes to bring back
what she learns at Wagenin-
gen.
Another OSU student,
Grace Spencer, was also
approved for scholarship fund-
ing this year. Spencer plans to
use it to study sustainable food
systems in France.
“Honestly, without the
scholarship I probably
couldn’t afford the travel,”
Spencer said.
She said she hopes to bring
back ideas and innovations
from Europe.
“I think it’s super import-
ant to understand food
systems on an international
scale,” she said.
Goddik, the department
head, said she hopes the
Department of Food Science
and Technology will draw
more students from farms in
the future because she sees
opportunities for young people
with farming backgrounds to
pursue food-science related
degrees and then use them to
create value-added products.
“What does it take to save
the family farm? Sometimes
it takes turning a commodity
into a value-added product.
And we can defi nitely provide
an opportunity there,” Goddik
said.
The scholarship’s donors
are Grant and Alice Schoen-
hard. Grant Schoenhard, who
holds a doctorate, is a program
alumnus. He was a food, addi-
tive and medical chemist.
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Oregon farmer charged
in alleged grass seed
kickback scheme
PORTLAND — Federal prosecutors
have charged an Oregon grass seed farmer
and wholesaler with wire fraud for allegedly
paying kickbacks to a seed company repre-
sentative.
The U.S. Department of Justice claims
Greg McCarthy, the owner of Ground Zero
Seeds in Yamhill, paid more than $190,000
in kickbacks to his longtime friend, Rich-
ard Dunham, who oversaw warehousing and
order fulfi llment for Jacklin Seed, based in
Liberty Lake, Washington.
McCarthy faces up to 20 years in federal
prison, three years probation and a $380,000
fi ne if convicted of conspiracy to commit wire
fraud, a felony. He’s scheduled to be arraigned
by a U.S. magistrate judge on March 15.
Capital Press was unable to reach him for
comment.
According to the indictment, McCarthy
was paid an extra 2 cents per pound for grass
seed and kicked that money back to Dunham
in exchange for being chosen as a supplier for
Jacklin Seed between 2015 and 2019.
“As a result of his position, Dunham could
cause Jacklin to purchase grass seed from
certain growers in Oregon rather than others,”
the indictment said, with the alleged kickback
scheme defrauding Jacklin Seed and its previ-
ous owner, the J.R. Simplot Co.
Dunham pretended to provide consulting
and brokering services through a corporate
entity that actually served to “conceal his
receipt of kickbacks,” which he received from
McCarthy as well as “other Jacklin suppliers,”
the indictment said.
McCarthy and Dunham discussed the
scheme in emails in which they referred to
the kickbacks as “shoes” or as contributions
to a “shoe fund,” the indictment said.
The indictment marks the third crimi-
nal case brought by the federal government
related to fraud by employees of Jacklin Seed.
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