Biological and chemical principles underlying the maintenance of food quality during the period after harvest to consumption. Topics include chemical, enzymic, physical, and biological deterioration; implications and prevention; food toxicology. (Gen.Ed. BS)

Biological and chemical principles underlying the maintenance of food quality during the period after harvest to consumption. Topics include chemical, enzymic, physical, and biological deterioration; implications and prevention; food toxicology. (Gen.Ed. BS)

This course will introduce the discipline and profession of food science through an overview of food composition, commodities, food quality and deterioration, food preservation, and product development.

This course will introduce the discipline and profession of food science through an overview of food composition, commodities, food quality and deterioration, food preservation, and product development.

Cultural, historical, political, psychological, scientific and social aspects of contemporary food habits in diverse parts of the world; hunters and gatherers, food production for better health, developed and developing countries, basis of food selection, food safety, food processing and preservation, world food resources, foods of the future; impact of modern biotechnology, food fermentation, and environmental issues related to global food and energy sources.

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.

Biological and chemical principles underlying the maintenance of food quality during the period after harvest to consumption. Topics include chemical, enzymic, physical, and biological deterioration; implications and prevention; food toxicology.

Food preservation methods such as sterilization methods, refrigeration, freezing, drying explained in terms of physical, chemical, and biological principles. Their implementation in industrial processes and impact on society evaluated.

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