Information Package / Course Catalogue
Food Safety and Legislation
Course Code: BDY521
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Explaining and evaluating concepts that routes of food contamination, effects on health, preventions, the factors that cause food pollution and the legal regulations which related to factors that disrupt the food safety.

Course Content

The factors that routes of food contamination, effects on health, preventions, related legal regulations (pesticides, regulators of plant growth, metallic contamination, food additives, plastic monomers, toxic items which are formed by cooking the food) that disrupt the food safety.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Learns the concepts of the factors (pesticides, regulators of plant growth, metallic contamination, food additives, plastic monomers, toxic items which are formed by cooking the food) which disrupt the food safety.
2.Understands the routes of food contamination.
3.Evaluates effects on health.
4.Learns the ways to prevent the factors that disrupt food safety.
5.Learns responsible organizations and practices of food control in the world and Turkey.
6.Understands the European Union food safety management system.
7.Learns the legal regulations related to food pollution.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Vries J. (1996) .Food Safety and Toxicity, ( Edited by), CRC press.
2.Omaye ST. (2004). Food and Nutritional Toxicology (Edited by), CRC press.
3.Lu FC.,Kacew S. (2009) Lu?s Basic Toxicology , Fundamentals, Target Organs and Risk Assessment, (Edited by), Fifth Edition,CRC press.
4.Rivas EO. (2009)Processing Effects on Safety and Quality of Foods (Edited by), CRC press.
5.Anon.http://www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/environmental_chemic
6.Anon.Kodeks Alimentaryus Komisyonu, www.codexalimentarius.net
7.Anon.Gıda ve Tarım ve Hayvancılık Bakanlığı,Türk Gıda Kodeksi http://www.gkgm.gov.tr/mevzuat/kodeks/kodeks_liste.html
8.Branen AL., Davidson PM., Salminen S., Thorngate III JH. (2001). Food Additives (Edited by), Second Edition, CRC press.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Food Control in the world and Turkey (Responsible Organizations and Practices)
Week 2 - Theoretical
The laws related food control
Week 3 - Theoretical
The legal regulations related to pesticides, assessment of article
Week 4 - Theoretical
The legal regulations related to regulators of plant growth, assessment of article
Week 5 - Theoretical
The legal regulations related to metallic contaminations, assessment of article
Week 6 - Theoretical
Properties of Food Additives and uses in foods I (midterm exam)
Week 7 - Theoretical
Properties of Food Additives and uses in foods II
Week 8 - Theoretical
The legal regulations related to Food Additives, assessment of article
Week 9 - Theoretical
The legal regulations related plastics, assessment of article
Week 10 - Theoretical
The toxic items which are formed by cooking the food
Week 11 - Theoretical
The effects on health of factors that disrupt the food safety (1)
Week 12 - Theoretical
The effects on health of factors that disrupt the food safety (2)
Week 13 - Theoretical
The ways to prevent food pollution
Week 14 - Theoretical
Project assessment and general assessment
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Presentation1%10
Assignment1%10
Midterm Examination1%10
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Assignment110212
Presentation 110212
Midterm Examination110212
Final Examination140242
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)120
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
4
4
3
4
3
OÇ-2
4
3
3
3
4
OÇ-3
3
4
4
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
4
4
OÇ-5
3
4
3
3
4
OÇ-6
4
4
3
3
3
OÇ-7
4
4
4
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026