35686 - Practice on Inspection, Control and Certification of Fish Products

Academic Year 2012/2013

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to provide: knowledge and skill to assess freshness, quality and safety of fish and seafood products; information on national and european regulations for the production and the organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products.

Course contents

Development of an experimental method for the determination of organoleptic parameters as freshness and quality markers of fishes.

Notes on principal processes of alteration and degradation, and main methods for their determination.

National and European laws about production and organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products.

Fish, fish products and seafood labelling.


Readings/Bibliography

Lecture notes and slides.

Tiecco G., Ispezione degli alimenti di origine animale. Calderini Edagricole, Bologna.

Cappelli P., Vannucchi V., Chimica degli alimenti: Conservazione e trasformazione, Zanichelli, Bologna.

Teaching methods

The training course will deal with fish control and inspection through pratical lectures and teamwork.

Teaching tools

Projector, computer, laboratory

Office hours

See the website of Teresa Gazzotti

See the website of Giampiero Pagliuca