• TFFP1007
  • Princ of Food Process&Preserva

  • Credits (ECTS): 5
  • Food Science and Environmental Health

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Overview

Module Description

This module provides essential knowledge of the principles and practices of the major unit operations applied in food processing and preservation in order to assure food safety and quality. It targets students at the initial development stage of a food science career so to develop knowledge and understanding of the range of processing technologies typically applied by the food industry that is essential to build upon in subsequent stages in food science related modules .

Indicative Syllabus

Indicative syllabus covered in the module and / or in its discrete elements
Principles of good manufacturing practices
Concept of unit operations
Food preservation and processing by heat technologies
Food preservation by cold technologies
Food preservation by moisture reduction technologies
Food preservation by irradiation technologies
Food packaging.

Total Contact Teaching Hours:36

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