Food Safety and Quality Control

By Dr. V.Vijaya Lakshmi | The English and Foreign Languages University ( Host University )

Learners enrolled: 4149

Satisfactory food supply has always been a central problem for governments since the formation ancient societies several thousand years ago. Although many of the same foods are still produced and consumed, dietary preferences have changed over the centuries due to the development of the economy and the science of nutrition. Today every consumer requires a safe and healthy food supply. The primary role of our food is to provide enough nutrients to fulfill metabolic requirements, while giving us a feeling of satisfaction and well being. In addition recent investigations confirmed the hypothesis recognized even in 500 B.C. by Hippocrates, that beyond nutrition, diet may modulate various functions of the body. Consequently adequate food consumption may promote the state of well being, better health and prevention of diseases. So it is understandable that interest in healthy food and food quality and its regulation is growing worldwide. When a product is offered for sale, the purchaser expects the product to be what it is purported to be: genuine and wholesome, and free from adulteration and contamination. Correct information about the composition and nutritive value of a food product is designed to protect the consumer from adulteration and falsification, and requires a well organized quality control infrastructure and food regulations.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Core
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Agricultural and Food Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	31 Aug 2020
End Date :	14 Dec 2020
Enrollment Ends :	14 Oct 2020
Exam Date :

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Course layout

Week 1 Assignments (No. & Type)*

Food supplementation, substitution, fortification and enrichment
Importance of the costing of the Product
Quality control and Internal control in Food Industry
Sensory evaluation of food samples and container evolution

Week 2 Assignments (No. & Type)*

Food Analysis
Waste control and sanitation Government regulations for quality standards
Food Standards
Primary Sources of Microorganisms in Food

Week 3 Assignments (No. & Type)*

Fundamentals of control of microorganisms in foods
Food borne infections
Transmission of food borne infections
Microbes used in food biotechnology

Week 4 Assignments (No. & Type)*

Importance of sanitation and hygiene in food
Bacteriological analysis of food
Bacteriological analysis of water and milk
Morphological identification of molds and yeasts in foods

Week 5 Assignments (No. & Type)*

Sampling to study the source of transmission of microorganisms in foods
Laws governing food service establishments
Laws concerning hygiene and safety
Hygiene, sanitation and safety of quantity food production

Week 6 Assignments (No. & Type)*

Determinants of Health
Role of agricultural production in food availability and consumption
Post harvest handling, Marketing and Distribution of Foods
Food Adulteration

Week 7 Assignments (No. & Type)*

Water pollution and its effects on food quality
Industrial effluents and their impact on food quality, Pesticide residues in foods
Food cost control in catering business
Recording and Reporting control charts Production control

Week 8 Assignments (No. & Type)*

Menu planning, purchasing and storage of food for quantity food production
Acquisition of resources and organization

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Instructor bio

Dr. V.Vijaya Lakshmi

The English and Foreign Languages University ( Host University )

Dr. V.Vijaya Lakshmi was a recipient of ICAR JRF for her M.Sc and ICSSR fellowship for her Ph.D. She has recently retired as the Dean for the Faculty of Community Science, in PJTS Agricultural University,Hyderabad. She was also Dean of PG studies i/c, PJTSAU.She has 36 years of experience in teaching, research and extension.She has 50 research papers to her credit.

Presented papers in National and International conferences

Presented an 8 weeks MOOC programme on Nutrition, Health and Therapeutics with IIT Kanpur, NPTEL and COL, Vancouver, Canada and a 12 weeks course on Food Science & Processing and a n 8 week course on Diet management in health and Disease from EFLU. She was the course coordinator for the Dietetics programme in B.Sc. Home Science from EFLU with 160 lessons and presented 10 lessons. Was involved in teaching all the UG, PG and PhD courses Operated 12 research projects.