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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
BD212BFood Control and LegislationCompulsory243
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Within the scope of this course, nutritional control methods, current legislation and legal regulations are aimed to be evaluated.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Dr. Engin ŞAHİN
Learning Outcomes
1He will be able to assess the importance of food control and legislation.
2He will be able to discuss legal regulations and practices related to foods.
3It evaluates legislation in terms of food safety.
4It determines the limits of microbial agents in the legislation.
5Determines the legal limit of chemical agents.
Mode of Delivery
Second Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Basic concepts of food quality control and legislation, Legal regulations related with food, in Turkey and World, Factors corrupting the food safety, their effects on health and related legislations.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction to Food Control and Food Legislation
2 The Importance of Food Control Today
3 Legally Nutrition Control and Legislation
4 Laws and regulations on the production, consumption and inspection of foodstuffs
5 Examination of Regulations
6 Turkish Food Codex
7 Turkish Food Codex Product Communication Examination I
8MIDTERM EXAM
9Turkish Food Codex Product Communication Examination I
10 Turkish Food Codex Product Communication Examination II
11 Food production and sales places in legislation
12 Legal arrangements for food production, processing and storage stages
13 Causes of Food Pollution and Food Pollution
14 Food Packaging and Labeling Principles
15 Food Additives
Recommended or Required Reading
• Altuğ Onoğur, T., Elmacı, Y., Demirağ, K. Gıda Kalite Sağlama. Sidas yayıncılık, İzmir, 2011. • Türk Gıda Kodeksi (http://www.tarim.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Mevzuat.aspx)
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination175
Homework125
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Attending Lectures14228
Question-Answer10110
Self Study10110
Individual Study for Mid term Examination3618
Individual Study for Final Examination4624
Homework144
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)97
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LO5212312121132244
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High