- Docente: Simonetta Menotta
- Credits: 3
- SSD: BIO/14
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Applied Pharmaceutical Sciences (cod. 8518)
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from Oct 03, 2025 to Nov 14, 2025
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will understand better the substances that can be found in foods due to natural processes, contamination, or counterfeiting, the main sampling methods, and the adverse health effects associated with their presence. Specifically, students will be able to: - understand potential food contaminants; - understand sampling methodologies useful for assessing the risk associated with exposure; - understand the meaning of regulations and limit values.
Course contents
Community regulatory process published on food safety: terms, definitions, regulatory references
Main factors that lead to a lack of food safety requirements:
Veterinary drug residues - Community monitoring and analysis plans
Main environmental contaminants causing food contamination
Process contaminants
Biological contaminants
Risk assessment related to the consumption of contaminated food
Materials and objects intended for food contact
Readings/Bibliography
during lessons will be citated the most suitable books according to the argument
Teaching methods
Assessment methods
The evaluation will be by a conversation with the student on main topics presented during the lessons
Office hours
See the website of Simonetta Menotta