Food Quality and Regulation

Course aim

To provide students with an overview and applications of food quality and regulation in both the national and international arenas.

Course content

The principles of quality control and quality assurance; quality attributes; factors affecting quality in manufacturing and processing foods. Principles of HACCP and its applications: HACCP plans, process flow diagrams, hazards analysis, risk assessment, critical control points, monitoring techniques and limits on CCP's; verification and validation of HACCP plans, corrective action, managing change for new initiatives in HACCP. Allergen management as part of food safety. Predictive modeling: applications to determination of CCPs and shelf life. Shelf life of foods- the significance of chemical, microbiological and sensory attributes. Quality Systems: ISO 9000 standards; ISO 22000 The Food Safety Management Standard, Quantitative Microbiological Risk Assessment of foods. Health claims on foods. Regulatory aspects of Organic foods, and the mandatory fortification of foods in Australia – folic acid and iodine fortification. The nature and purpose of food laws; structure and layout of food legislation. The role of FSANZ and The Food Standard Code. Labeling legislation and requirements. International food legislation.

Textbook(s)

Doyle, M. P and Buchanan, R.L (eds), Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers, Current Edition, ASM Press, Washington, DC

Jay, J., Loessner, M., Golden D. , Modern food Microbiology, Current Edition, Springer, Available as e-book through UniSA

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Introductory Project, Written Assignment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 3)
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