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JUSTIN KASTNER
Assistant Professor of food safety and security

 

Disputes and problems regarding public health and the international food trade are not new, according to Justin Kastner, assistant professor of food safety and security at Kansas State University.

Food safety and animal health related quarrels were alive and well in the transatlantic trading world during the second half of the 19th century. By focusing on the economic, scientific and regulatory factors at work in this and in more recent contexts, Kastner provides today's agriculture, trade and biosecurity policy leaders with insights from the past.

Kastner serves as coordinator of the interdisciplinary program for the historical studies of border security, food safety and trade policy, as part of food safety and security at K-State. In this multidisciplinary role, Kastner blends insights from international trade policy, the history of science, economic history and other scholarly traditions.

Kastner is the co-researcher of two key issues involving trade relations between the United States and Canada: trade policy regarding mad cow disease and the role that "smart-border" technologies may play with North America.

Kastner, along with a colleague from New Mexico State University, traveled to Canada in 2005 to interview policy makers, local border communities, customs officials and scientists regarding the U.S.-Canada border.

Kastner received his bachelor's degree in food science and industry from K-State in 1998. He went on to receive his master's degree in food safety and control from London South Bank University. Following additional postgraduate training in public health at the University of Edinburgh, he worked in food safety and international trade policy at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Kastner received his doctorate in food science from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.

Kastner can be reached at 785-532-4820 or by e-mail at jkastner@k-state.edu.