FOOD SAFETY AND FOOD RISK MANAGEMENT

Professor: Chiara DALL'ASTA
Academic discipline: Chimica degli alimenti (CHIM/10)
Field: Discipline delle tecnologie alimentari
Type of training activity: Characterising

48 hours
of face-to-face activities

6 credits

hub: PARMA

course unit
in ENGLISH

lectures timetable

exam calls

Learning objectives

The course has the following main objectives:
- acquisition of technical skills in the field of food safety and emerging risks
- critical understanding and elaboration of chemical contamination data
- critical evaluation of emerging risks and crisis/outbreak scenario, with a focus on the food/feed production chain

Prerequisites

Fundamentals in food chemistry and analytical chemistry

Course unit content

Xenobiotics can be defined as any foreign substances or exogenous chemicals which the body does not recognize such as drugs, pollutants, as well as some food additives and cosmetics.
The course will provide an overview of the main food related xenobiotics, of their formation/origin, their stability and accumulation along food/feed production chain, as well as their metabolic fate.
Methodologies for identification, analysis, and hazard characterization will be provided.
Selected case-studies from the recent literature will be critically described and discussed.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Suggested Book:
Belitz, H.-D., Grosch, W., Schieberle, P. FOOD CHEMISTRY; Springer Ed. ISBN 978-3-540-69934-7

Slides, report, and scientific literature will be provided.

Teaching methods

Class teaching; case-study discussion; team work

Assessment methods and criteria

The final exam will be written:
1) first part - multiple choice test (20 questions, threshold at 12, 30 min time)
2) second part - 2 open questions in 1 hour.
The two parts will be held in the same day. Only those students ranked above the threshold in the first part, will be evaluated for the second part.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

SDG 2
SDG 3
SDG 12

Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student's office

E. segreteria.scienzealimenti@unipr.it

Quality assurance service

Course quality assurance manager:
Dott.ssa Caterina Scopelliti
T. +39 0521 905969
E. service didattica.scienzealimenti@unipr.it
E. manager caterina.scopelliti@unipr.it

Course President

Prof.ssa Tullia Tedeschi
E. tullia.tedeschi@unipr.it

Deputy Course President

Prof.ssa Valentina Bernini
E. valentina.bernini@unipr.it

Delegate for guidance

Prof.ssa Emanuela Zanardi
E. emanula.zanardi@unipr.it

Delegate for career guidance

Prof.ssa Francesca Bot
E. francesca.bot@unipr.it

Delegate for tutoring

Prof.ssa Emanuela Zanardi
E. emanuela.zanardi@unipr.it

Member of the International student mobility commission

Prof. Francesco Martelli
E. francesco.martelli@unipr.it

Responsible for Course Quality Assurance (RAQ)

Prof.ssa Chiara Dall'Asta
E. chiara.dallasta@unipr.it

Contact person for students with disabilities, specific learning difficulties,(SpLD) or vulnerable groups

Prof.ssa Marilena Musci
E. marilena.musci@unipr.it

Delegates for internships

Prof.ssa Tullia Tedeschi - Unipr
E. tullia.tedeschi@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Paola Battilani - Università Sacro Cuore PC
E. paola.battilani@unipr.it

Prof. Pietro Rocculi - Unibo
E. pietro.rocculi3@unibo.it

Prof. Emilio Stefani - Unimore
E. emilio.stefani@unipr.it

Prof. Nicola Marchetti - Unife
E. nicola.marchetti@unipr.it

XENOBIOTICS IN FOOD cod. 1008410