MPTH 806 Applied Food Microbiology

This course considers the relationship between the chemistry and microbiology of food, the epidemiology of food poisoning outbreaks and procedures of control, detailed analysis of current and emerging foodborne pathogens, their isolation and detection, current tropical problems in food technology and their possible resolution, food control systems, such as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), current legislation of food quality and hygiene.