Course: Additives and Contaminants in Food

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Course title Additives and Contaminants in Food
Course code KALCH/C728
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Sýs Milan, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Červenka Libor, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1st week Legislation on food additives 2nd week Food preservatives, function, analysis; antioxidants in food, function, analysis 3rd week Substitute sweeteners, distribution, structure, analysis 4th week Acidifying substances, flavoring preparations, distribution, function, analysis 5th week Dyes, synthetic, natural, distribution, analysis 6th week Other additives, functions, analysis 7th week Legislation of contaminants in food-general; heavy metals as contaminants, sources, analysis 8th week Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, separation, health evaluation, extraction, analysis 9th week Other process contaminants in food, causes, extraction, analysis 10th week Persistent halogenated organic substances, sources of contamination, structure, extraction, analysis 11th week Mycotoxins, distribution, effects, sources of contamination, methods of extraction and analysis 12th week Introduction to pesticides, legislation, modern methods of analysis 13th week Materials in contact with food, legislation, migration limits, methods of analysis of selected substances

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation

Recommended literature
  • Velíšek J. Chemie Potravin 1-3. Praha, 1999.


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