Information Package / Course Catalogue
Basic Approaches in Food Safety and Risk Analysis
Course Code: ZST526
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Determination of food additives, agricultural pesticide residues, chemicals formed during cooking such as mycotoxins and acrylamide, chemicals reflected from environmental pollution such as metals and organic chlorinated compounds, and the effects of food chemicals on human health through risk assessment methods

Course Content

Basic toxicological concepts and definitions, NOAEL (No Observed Adverse Effect Level), ADI (Acceptable Daily Intake), GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe), ML values, reliability limits of toxic substances, risk assessment of food additives, risk management, and risk communication, national and international legal regulations.

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