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Principles of microbiology applied to food manufacture. Emphasis on influence of food formulation and processing on microbial growth, methodology to detect organisms in foods, design of industrial HACCP programs, and causative agents of food-borne illness. Prerequisites: MICROBIO 310 and concurrent registration in FOOD-SCI 566 or consent of instructor.

An orientation course for graduate students, designed for the first-year graduate students who have limited research experience and is required for first-year graduate students. The aim of the course is to help the students bridging the undergraduate education to the research activities in the graduate school. Will cover experimental design, grant writing, paper writing, and scientific presentation in this course.

Composition and chemical properties of edible fats and oils. Physical characteristics/plasticity, polymorphism, melting, solidification. Technology of industrial fats-extraction, refining, hydrogenation, inter-esterification. Deteriorative reactions oxidation, thermal degradation. Biological significance. New methods of analysis. Review of current literature. Mr. Decker

Chemistry of food minor components (e.g. minerals, vitamins, nutraceuticals, colors, flavors), direct food additives (e.g. preservatives, texture modifiers and stabilizers, colors, flavors), incidental food additives (e.g. processing aids, chemical toxins), intentional adulterants, allergens, etc.

To understand the basis of food policy and the role science has in its development. This course covers food law policy and regulations and how science might be better used in formulating current and future policies.

This course will evaluate the biological significance of food. It will cover a basic description of physiology, demonstration of pathology, and evaluation of the role of foods and food components in disease prevention.

Laboratory exercises emphasizing chemical, physical, and biological changes in foods, during processing and storage. Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in FOOD-SCI 541 and consent of instructor.

Mainly for candidates for the Master of Science degree who do not write a thesis. Original research expected. Two bound copies of a written report of the study required by the department.

Research on problems not related to thesis.