Food Safety, Quality and Nutrition
15 July 2012 – 28 July 2012Introduction
The summer school Food Safety, Quality and Nutrition takes place at the Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague. The course inlcudes excursions to a brewery, dairy factory, central milk laboratories and a goat farm. The course is open to M.Sc. students of Food, Agricultural and related subjects and advanced B.Sc. students (last year of study) from the following partner universities:BOKU – Vienna, Austria
CULS – Prague, Czech Republic
UHOH – Hohenheim, Germany
SGGW-WULS – Warsaw, Poland
Objectives
Course Content:- Food quality and safety
- Food certification
- Food chemistry
- Water activity in food
- Automatic identification technology in food
- Sensory analysis of food
- Animal products quality assessment
- Milk and dairy products quality and evaluation
- Natural antioxidants and vitamins
- Analysis of lipids
- Lipids in human nutrition
- Microbiology aspects of HACCP
- Predictive microbiology
- Detection of Salmonella and Campylobacter in food samples
- Probiotics and prebiotics in human nutrition
- Enumeration and identification of probiotics in food
Excursions:
- Brewery
- Dairy Factory
- Central Milk Laboratories
- Goat Farm
Participants
M.Sc. students of Food, Agricultural and related subjects and advanced B.Sc. students (last year of study) from the following partner universities:
| University |
Contact person |
| Czech University of Life Sciences |
Prof. Ing. Vojtech Rada rada@af.czu.cz Ing. Lenka Kourimska kourimska@af.czu.cz |
| University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) |
Prof. Wolfgang Kneifel wolfgang.kneifel@boku.ac.at Dr Silvia Apprich silvia.apprich@boku.ac.at |
| Hohenheim University |
Prof. Dr Lutz Graeve lutz.graeve@uni-hohenheim.de Dr Gabriele Klumpp gabriele.klumpp@uni-hohenheim.de |
| Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland | Dr. Sa´eed Bawa saeed_bawa@sggw.pl |
Schedule
The course will consist of lectures, laboratory exercises and excursions. The target group is students in areas of food quality, food microbiology, food safety, food chemistry and food technology. The 2012-course comprises: (i) one week of theoretical preparation by means of e-learning, and (ii) two weeks of lectures, seminars and excursions at the CULS. Reports and posters on various aspects of the study area will be prepared by the students and assessed by means of a grading scale. A final report will include course assessment and evaluation as well as recommendations for future course development.
Credits
6 ECTSLanguage
Programme language: EnglishApplication
The deadline for application is January 31, 2012 or until places are filled.
The application form can be downloaded here or obtained from your home university contact persons.
Information
Additional information can be retrieved from your local contact persons.Location
Czech University of Life Sciences, PragueCzech Republic
Accomodation
Accommodation will be on the CULS Campus.Costs
Subsistence costs: FREE (accommodation, meal, excursion etc.)Travel costs: 65% will be paid from Erasmus Intensive Programme(tickets are necessary)