The
Food Science Building was completed in 2006 and renamed to honor former Penn State President Rodney A. Erickson in 2014. Food Science Building is home to the
Food Science Department and boasts state-of-the-art research and teaching labs, three specialized and dedicated pilot plants, including a Food Safety Pilot Plant, and the largest and most sophisticated dairy manufacturing plant associated with an academic institution in the country. Food Science Building also hosts the
Sensory Evaluation Center, which conducts sensory evaluation and consumer tests for University researchers and food industries. The highlight of the Food Science Building is the
Berkey Creamery which sells ice cream, cheese, and other specialty food produced in the building's creamery manufacturing plant to the general public.