2017-2018 / SBIM0436-1

Dietary technology, legislation and labelling

Duration

15h Th

Number of credits

 Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Antoine Clinquart

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

1. Legal general basis for management of the food quality and safety [~2h]
2. Role and control of technological processes used in the treatment, processing and preservation of foods [~7h]
3. Principles and legislation relative to "functional foods", "novel foods" (and "food supplements") [~2h]
4. Specific legislation relative to food labelling, in particular nutritional labelling [~4h]

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objectives of this course are :
- to acquire basis notions relative to the legal context (EU, national, regional) of food quality and safety management, legal requirements for food business operators and requirements concerning food labelling (in particular nutritional and health claims, novel foods, nutrition declaration);
- to understand the basic principles of food technology and its impact on food quality and safety.

The objectives of this course are :
- to acquire basis notions relative to the legal context (EU, national, regional) of food quality and safety management, legal requirements for food business operators and requirements concerning food labelling (in particular nutritional and health claims, novel foods, nutrition declaration);
- to understand the basic principles of food technology and its impact on food quality and safety.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic notions of chemistry and biochemistry (Bachelor level)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

15h theoretical course

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face. The lectures are given in French.

Recommended or required readings

Beside the slideshows, reference documents are transmitted to the students. The slideshows (ready for full screen display and paper print) and the reference documents are available (downloadable) in the e-Campus space associated to the course (SBIM0436).
Reference Websites are often used during the course (legislation, competent authorities, databases, food composition tables, nutritional recommendations, ...).

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral examination with written preparation (open questions).

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Teacher: Prof. Antoine Clinquart (antoine.clinquart@ulg.ac.be ), Department Food Science / Unit Food Technology
Secretary : Mrs. Christine Bal (dda@ulg.ac.be ; +32 (0)4 366 40 40)