Learning objectives
knowing the facilities and equipment for slaughtering and cutting the main species of livestock and how their design may affect the safety of foods of animal origin
Prerequisites
<ul>
<li>principles of microbiology</li>
<li>principles of food chemistry</li>
</ul>
Course unit content
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<li>non-specific requirements of the food industries</li>
<li>the design of the main types of meat processing plants, slaughterhouses (cattle, pigs, chickens) and meat cutting plants</li>
<li>laboratories for products of animal origin</li>
</ul>
Full programme
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Bibliography
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<li>Leo M.L. Nollet , Fidel Toldra “Advanced Technologies For Meat Processing” CRC; 1 edition (March 21, 2006). ISBN-13: 978-1574445879</li>
<li>Alan R. Sams “Poultry Meat Processing” CRC ISBN-13: 978-0849301209</li>
</ul>
Teaching methods
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<li>classroom lectures</li>
<li>exercitations in slaughterhouses and meat cutting plants</li>
<li>oral examination</li>
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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