Perdue Gives $200,000 to New Food Safety Program

In an effort to kick-start a new food safety program, Perdue donated $200,000 to Delaware Tech July 13 in Georgetown.

The new food safety associate's degree program at Delaware Technical & Community College, Owens Campus, was a collaboration between university personnel, the Delaware Department of Agriculture and Agriculture Secretary Ed Kee, a panel of experts and now made possible with private funding from Perdue.

"It's great to be at a point to say we are enrolling students," said Ileana Smith, vice president and campus director for Delaware Tech. "Thanks to the Perdue grant and other funding we will begin construction on two new science labs."

Slated to begin this fall, the two new science labs will be constructed in an existing courtyard at the Jason Technology building in Georgetown. The 24 students starting this fall in the first food safety classes will be able to use the new labs during their second year.

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