Food safety definition and concepts. The interplay between food safety, food quality, food security, food waste, climate change and food sustainability. Food safety hazards. Foodborne disease. Food safety risk assessment. Food safety management. The relationships between food safety management and quality management systems. Consumers and food safety.
Food safety management systems to control food safety throughout the supply chain from farm to fork. Codex Alimentarius international food standards, guidelines and codes of practice.
Types of nutrients and their role in the human body. Diet related diseases. Characteristics of Sustainable Diets. Sustainability, biodiversity and diets. Sustainable food consumption. The Sustainability Challenges of animal based Diets. Analysis of different diets. Dietary guidelines and sustainability. Food guide pyramid. Double pyramid model. Research and innovation for food, nutrition and diets.
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