270064 International Food Legislation and Quality Management

Detaljer
Inst. for Fødevarevidenskab   67 %
Tidligst mulig placeringBachelor 2. år til Kandidat 2. år
VarighedEn blok
 
Pointværdi7.5 (ECTS)
KursustypeFælleskursus
 
EksamenSluteksamen

skriftlig og mundtlig eksamen


Alle hjælpemidler tilladt

Beskrivelse af eksamen: Oral examination in project report. The project exercise is handed out at the beginning of the course, and the project work is carried out in groups of 4-5 persons. At the oral examination, each student will be examined individually on the basis of the project report and curriculum.

Vægtning: 100% oral examination in project report and curriculum



7-trinsskala, ekstern censur
 
Rammer for undervisningCirca 30% lectures, 10% theoretical exercises, 20% seminars and 40% project work. Det Juridiske Fakultet, Institut for XX varetager 33 % af undervisningen.
 
BlokplaceringBlock 1
Ugestruktur: B
 
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
 
Begrænset deltagerantalNone
 
Kompetenceområder
The course is part of the specializations Dairy technology and Meat science and technology, and it gives applied science competences within international food legislation and quality management systems throughout the food chain.

Competences obtained within applied science:
- Knowledge of international food legislation.
- Knowledge of the legal requirements of self control in food companies.
- Knowledge of international systems on food safety management.
- Understand the interplay between international legal requirements and quality management systems in the agri-food chain.

 
Kursets målsætning
To provide the students with knowledge about international quality management systems in the agri-food chain and understanding of the concepts of food quality and design of food products. To provide the students with detailed insights in food safety management. To provide the students with knowledge of international food legislation.
 
Kursusindhold
The course will introduce the concepts of food quality and food safety management by a detailed reading of the systems ISO 9001 and ISO 22000, respectively, and it will give insight into the use of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) for the management of food safety. Furthermore, it will deal with the Techno-Managerial approach in the agri-food chain, including the use of tools like quality function deployment ("house of quality"), as well as the historical foundations of quality management. Finally, it will comprise world-wide and EU-legislative demands for quality of agri-food products comprising: Introduction to the legal system, principles in the general food law, principles of self control, risk analysis on food, international food trade, codex alimentarius, traceability, EU-regulations on the hygiene of foodstuffs, and EU-regulations on the official food control.
 
Undervisningsform
Lectures, theoretical practicals, seminars, and project work. The lectures introduce theoretical and pratical aspects of international food legislation and systems on food safety management. The theoretical practicals, seminars, and the project work will help the students to interpret and obtain an understanding of the above mentioned aspects.
 
Målbeskrivelse
Stipulated in "Areas of Competence the Course Will Address"
 
Litteraturhenvisninger
Alli, I. (2004): Food Quality Assurance - Principles and Practices

EU Food Law: To be announced

DS/EN ISO 22000:2005:Food safety management systems - Requirements for any organization in the food chain

DS/EN ISO 9001:2000: Quality management systems - Requirements
 
Kursusansvarlig
Nils Arneborg, na@life.ku.dk, Institut for Fødevarevidenskab/Fødevaremikrobiologi, Tlf: 35333266
 
Studienævn
Studienævn LSN
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forelæsninger30
teoretiske øvelser10
kollokvier20
projektarbejde105
vejledning5
forberedelse36

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