Marcela Allen, M.S. Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas

Francesville, Indiana

• Creation of a Food Safety Plan and a GMP and SOP manual for a new RTE food processing facility.
• Design and conduct shelf life and UV challenge studies for the validation of a Food Safety Plan.
• Formulate recipes and test new ingredients for the improvement of texture and sensory properties in an RTE egg-based product.
• Maintain detailed documentation of experiments, research, and data for the preparation of accurate and timely reports.
• Research the use of high-pressure processing to extend product shelf life.
• Conduct monthly environmental and surface sampling to ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation standards.

Lafayette, Indiana Area

• Develop an innovative technology for the detection and identification of Enterobacteriaceae (EB) in a food manufacturing environment.
• Design and conduct experiments with food testing methodologies for the optimization of new detection technologies.
• Bacterial DNA extraction and purification for PCR amplification and DNA sequencing.
• Interpret, analyze and validate food testing/laboratory results in a research setting.
• Maintain detailed documentation of experiments, research and data for the development of scientific reports.
• Present research findings to USDA/ARS at national meetings.

Master'S Degree, Food Science

For my graduate work, I developed and validated an innovative protocol for the detection and identification of the main bacterial.

Bachelor'S Degree, Food Science And Technology

Pan-American School of Agriculture, El Zamorano: Experience in the following productive areas related to agriculture, product of the.