At the 2024 Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety Annual Conference held at the Jeju Haevichi Hotel & Resort from November 20 (Wed) to 22 (Fri), students from the Department of Food Science and Nutrition Class of 2024, Jung Ji-yoon (advisor: Jang Yun-ji), Ji So-hyun, Ji Yun-mi, and Choi Yu-ri (advisor: Oh Se-wook), won the Best Poster Award.

Student Jeong Ji-yoon conducted research on the development of biodegradable packaging of Ca-pectin crosslinked films that can control the release rate of bacteriophages depending on the presence of Staphylococcus aureus, and 'Ca2+-crosslinked pectin packaging: Controlled phage release via pectinase for food safety'.

Ji So-hyun conducted a study to simultaneously detect Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes in order to develop a new rapid food poisoning bacteria detection technology using MALDI-TOF MS, one of the mass spectrometry technologies.

Ji Yun-mi conducted monitoring of general bacteria, E. coli, E. coli group, and Staphylococcus aureus and quantitative detection using the MPN method for five types of frozen foods sold on the market to verify the microbiological quality of frozen foods.

Yuri Choi conducted a study titled 'Validation of rapid detection kits for microbiological quality and safety assessment of frozen food: A comparative study with MPN method' to verify the effectiveness of rapid detection kits for quickly and accurately assessing the microbiological quality of frozen food.