Cindy D. Ayers

Senior Instructor, Human Sciences

Cindy D. Ayers
615 898-2093
Room 108, Ellington Human Sciences Building (EHS)
MTSU Box 86, Murfreesboro, TN 37132

Degree Information

  • MS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1985)
  • BS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1982)

Areas of Expertise

Credentials Pertinent to the Field:
HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) Certificate
SQF (Safe Quality Food) Practitioner
PCQI (Preventative Controls Qualified Individual)

Research Interests:

Biography

Mrs. Ayers has nearly 30 years of work experience in the Food Science arena. She is particularly interested in food safety and HACCP plan education and training. She has developed and reevaluated HACCP plans for a diverse set of foods ranging from sorghum molasses to ready to eat foods, including barbeque.  She has credentials pertinent to the field in HACCP certification and SQF practitioner. She is a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) as recognized by the US Food...

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Mrs. Ayers has nearly 30 years of work experience in the Food Science arena. She is particularly interested in food safety and HACCP plan education and training. She has developed and reevaluated HACCP plans for a diverse set of foods ranging from sorghum molasses to ready to eat foods, including barbeque.  She has credentials pertinent to the field in HACCP certification and SQF practitioner. She is a Preventive Controls Qualified Individual (PCQI) as recognized by the US Food and Drug Administration and a ServSafe Proctor/Instructor. In continuing her pursuit of knowledge, she recently completed a pasteurization workshop and an egg candling class.

Mrs. Ayers completed both her B.S. degree in Animal Science and her M.S. degree in Food Science and Technology at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.  

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Awards

Outstanding EXL Scholar Award 2021-2022, Leadership Rutherford Class of 2022, Phi Kappa Phi Influential faculty 2017

Courses

NFS 3200 Food Science and Lab

NFS 3400 Food Safety and Sanitation

NFS 4240 Experimental Foods and Lab

NFS 4260 Food Safety Issues from Production to Consumption

NFS 4555 Food Laws and Regulations

NFS/AGRI 4810 The Food Industry