Food Processing and Manufacturing
Undergraduate
Undergraduate
FOSC 3002
Undergraduate
No
100158
4.5
No
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
To discuss the principles and applications of various food
unit operation procedures in food processing and manufacturing.
Principles of food unit operations: cleaning, sorting, grading, screening, size reduction, mixing, forming, separations, membrane concentration, thermal processes, dehydration, evaporation, refrigeration; material handling, fermentations, and packaging; ; thermal process calculations and heat penetration data; heat treatment on food nutrients; thermal treatment of food, types of thermal treatment –blanching, pasteurisation, canning, UHT; Dehydration of foods; water activity and moisture isotherms; drying curves, effect of dehydration on microorganisms, organoleptic and nutritional properties of food. Rehydration of foods. Principles of refrigeration and cold storage: effect of low temperature on microbial activity, enzymatic activity and chemical changes, requirements of refrigeration, freezing of foods. New innovations in food processing Principles of manufacture, handling and processing of selected dairy, meat, fish and shellfish, fruit and vegetable, novel foods, bush-tucker foods and cereal products; Process involved in wine and beer making; significance of wastewater and water treatment in food manufacturing and environmental implications.
Fellows, P.J., Food Processing Technology: Principles and Practices, Current Edition, CRC Press
Common to all relevant programs | |
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
FOSC 2006 | Food Safety and Regulation |
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Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY EAST | |||
Lecture | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Tutorial | 1 hour x 13 weeks | ||
Workshop | 3 hours x 13 weeks |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Essay, Examination, Report, Test/Quiz
EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.