FT4712 : Food packaging

Department

Department of Food Science and Technology

Academic Program

Master in Food Science and Technology

Type

Elective

Credits

02

Prerequisite

Overview

Learn about the different packaging materials and their properties and the importance of appropriate packaging in completing the food preservation process, and learn about the role of packaging in ease of handling and reducing losses from agricultural production, and confirm the suitability of the packaging material for the processed food, each according to its properties. Learn about modern methods of recycling packaging materials to preserve the environment. It deduces the most important steps for the development and modernization of packaging materials and methods of recycling them

Intended learning outcomes

With success in the course, the student will be able to:

a. Knowledge & understanding

a.1 Develop his ability to distinguish between different packaging materials

a.2 Recognizing the optimal use of packaging materials in terms of market competitiveness

a.3 Relates the demographic change in a community to packaging requirements

a.4 Understand the interrelationship between the environment and packaging and the impact of packaging materials on the environment

a.5 Elicit or deduce the development in the methods of recycling packaging materials.

B. Mental skills

b.1 Can employ his skills in the field of packing materials

b.2 Work in the future in the field of various food industries

b.3 develop his capabilities to work in the field of control over the food and pharmaceutical industries

b.4 Enables him to work in the field of the environment and protect it from packaging waste

b.5 Devising appropriate methods for packaging according to the type of food and keeping pace with developments in types of packaging

C. Practical & Professional Skills

c.1 Helps work in the field of small industries

c.2 Raising awareness in the field of preserving household foods and rationalizing consumption at the community level

c.3 It contributes to protecting the local environment, reducing waste at construction, and recycling

c.4 Keeping pace with scientific development in the field of food packaging materials and methods

c.5 Suggest or produce packaging methods for different foods in the field of daily life

D. Generic and transferable skills

d.1 Able to use the language of mathematics in written and oral communication.

d.2 The use of modern technology in research and awareness in the areas of food packaging.

d.3 Receptive to work as a team through panel discussions in applications and solving questions and problems related to the vocabulary of the course.

d.4 Rble to deliver some presentations related to clarifying and explaining some concepts and proving special theories.

d.5 Commitment, respect for time and respect for work and learning ethics

Teaching and learning methods

ü Lectures with illustrations in regular pictures, projector and the Internet

ü Laboratory models of materials and types of packaging for various foods

ü The practical part is to get acquainted with the devices in the extension laboratory related to the vocabulary of the course

ü Field visits to some food factories to link theory with practice

Methods of assessments

#

Evaluation methods

Evaluation date (week)

Percentage

Notes

1

First Midterm Exam

Theoretical after The Fifth Week of Study ا

25%

2

Second Midterm Exam

Theoretical after The Tenth Week of Study

25%

3

Final Exam

My Theory after The Twelfth Week of Study

50%

Total

100%

information :References:

Title

Publisher

Copy

Author

Place

Lucturer’s Notes

Dr. Ibrahim Greiby

library

Books

Packaging

in food processing

Dr.. Magda Bashir

Library ,

Food canning technology Jackson shyn

Packaging of food and dairy products

Dr. Nabil Muhanna, Dr. Laila El Sebaei

Library

Scientific Journals

Journal of food science

Periodicals Journals

Food packaging-food technology