FDSC 3960

Food Safety Assurance

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Food Science 3960/FDSC 5960 will focus on currently used food safety programs to control biological, chemical and physical hazards and assure the safety of foods. Topics include prerequisite programs such as Current Good Manufacturing Practices and Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures, Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), food safety management systems (SQF) and the application of current technologies in reducing foodborne illness. Upon successful completion of the course, the students will receive 1) General HACCP certification and 2) SQF implementation certification (through a collaboration with SQFI [Safe Quality Foods Institute]). These certificates will allow students to be highly qualified for food safety and quality jobs.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: BIOMI 2900 or permission of instructor.

Fees Course fee: $135 - $60 for GMP certification and $75 for SQF testing and materials.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2022SP

Outcomes

• Develop a HACCP plans for different food industries.
• Describe laws and regulations governing food safety principles (preventive controls for human food/HACCP).
• Identify and discuss industry food safety requirements and certifications: organic, halal, kosher, and Global Food Safety Initiatives.
• Analyze different auditing schemes, and be able to complete internal (first party) audits.

When Offered Spring.

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