2018-2019 / SBIM0436-1

Dietary technology, legislation and labelling

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety

Specific legislation relating to food labeling

Specific supplement for biomedicine

Duration

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety : 4h Th
Specific legislation relating to food labeling : 4h Th
Specific supplement for biomedicine : 7h Th

Number of credits

 Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)2 crédits 

Lecturer

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety : Antoine Clinquart
Specific legislation relating to food labeling : Antoine Clinquart
Specific supplement for biomedicine : Antoine Clinquart

Coordinator

Antoine Clinquart

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety

1. Legal general basis for management of the food quality and safety [~4h]
2. Specific legislation relative to food labelling, in particular nutritional labelling [~4h]
3. Basic principles of food technology [~7h]

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary 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.

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary 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

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety

Basic notions of physics, chemistry and biochemistry (Bachelor level)

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety

15h theoretical course

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

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety

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

Recommended or required readings

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety

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

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety

Oral examination with written preparation (open questions).

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Legal basis of quality management and food sanitary safety

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)