PH732 : Quality Control and Foods Safety

Department

Department of Public Health

Academic Program

Bachelor in public health

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

1

Course code and title

PH732 – Quality Control and Foods Safety

2

Course coordinator

Dr. Fawzi B. Al-Badri & Dr. Manal O. Abuagela

3

Course type

Specialized course

4

Prerequisites code

5

Department /Division offering the course

Public Health

6

Departments teaching the course

Public Health

7

Total credit hours

3 Credits – 5 hrs/week

8

Language of instruction

English Language

9

Level of course (Year/Semester)

4th Year / Seventh semester

10

Date of specification approval by Council

2004-2005

Intended learning outcomes

Supply information about important knowledge’s

1. The purpose of quality control

2. A quality control system

3. A quality control infra structure

4. Aspects of quality control

5. Physical analysis

6. Chemical analysis and microbiological analysis

7. Food safety factory

A. Knowledge and Understanding

A.1

Market place of quality

A.2

Quality of design

A.3

Quality of conformance

A.4

Calibration

B. Intellectual Skills

B.1

Process of quality control

B.2

Characteristics

B.3

Method of measurements

B.4

Calibration

B.5

Main cause of defects quality and treatment

C. Professional and Practical Skills

C.1

Handling complex situations

C.2

Strategic control

C.3

Operational control

C.4

Using calibration

D. General/Transferable Skills

D.1

Process of quality control

D.2

Characteristics of food

D.3

Method of measurements

D.4

Calibration

D.5

Main cause of defects quality and treatment

Teaching and learning methods

1. Computer (Laptop)

2. CD

3. Projector

4. Flash memory

5.Printer

Methods of assessments

s.n.

Assessment Method

Due (week)

Weight (%)

Notes

1

Midterm exam

Week fifth and tenth

20%

Written

2

Oral exam

3

Practical exam

Week fourteen and sixteen

10%

Presentation & Report

4

Final exam

Week seventeen and eighteen

60%

Written

5

Assignments/HWs

Week four and week twelve

10%

Quizzes

Total (%)

100 %

Course References

Type

Title

Publisher

Edition

Author

Availability

Lecture notes

Textbook

Food Safety: A practical and Case Study

Approach

Springer. USA.

2nd

Anna McElhatton, Richard J. Marshall

2005

Reference books

Food Quality Assurance, principles and practices

Van Nostrand Rinhold

2nd

Inteaz Ali

2006

Essential of Food Science second edition

Kluwer Academic/ Plenum publishers

1est

Vickie A. Vacklavik, Elizabeth Christian

2003

Periodicals

Websites

Other

Manual of food quality control

FAO,Rome

Om P.Dhamija

1991