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Charles Okpala


County Extension Agent

Northeast District

Charles Okpala
Charles Okpala
AboutEducationAwards and honorsScholarly works

About

To be part of a quality work environment, making our today better than yesterday and tomorrow best

Education

Master of Science, Food Science

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom (2010)

Awards and Honors

  • GEAFCS Food Safety Award (2026)
  • Richmond County Extension 4H Support Staff Award (2025)
  • State ANREP Conference Presentation Award (2025)
  • GEAFCS Food Safety Award (2024)
  • Richmond County Extension 4H Support Staff Award (2024)

Scholarly Works

  • Mycotoxins Affecting Animals, Foods, Humans, and Plants: Types, Occurrence, Toxicities, Action Mechanisms, Prevention, and Detoxification Strategies-A Revisit, FOODS, (2021).
    Awuchi CG, Ondari EN, Ogbonna CU, Upadhyay AK, Baran K … 3 more
  • Quality and shelf life assessment of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) freshly harvested and stored on ice, LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (2014).
    Okpala COR, Choo WS, Dykes GA
  • Mycotoxins’ Toxicological Mechanisms Involving Humans, Livestock and Their Associated Health Concerns: A Review, TOXINS, (2022).
    Awuchi CG, Ondari EN, Nwozo S, Odongo GA, Eseoghene IJ … 5 more
  • Revisiting Non-Thermal Food Processing and Preservation Methods-Action Mechanisms, Pros and Cons: A Technological Update (2016-2021), FOODS, (2021).
    Chacha JS, Zhang L, Ofoedu CE, Suleiman RA, Dotto JM … 10 more
  • Whey proteins processing and emergent derivatives: An insight perspective from constituents, bioactivities, functionalities to therapeutic applications, JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS, (2021).
    Mehra R, Kumar H, Kumar N, Ranvir S, Jana A … 6 more

View full list of scholarly works

Contact

charles.okpala@uga.edu 706-821-2350

Mailing Address

Richmond County Extension
501 Greene Street, Suite 100
Augusta, GA 30901

Shipping Address

Richmond County Extension
501 Greene Street, Suite 100
Augusta, GA 30901

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