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FCOS 302 — Food Hygiene and Safety

Family and Consumer Sciences · University of Ghana

Introduction of food hygiene, food spoilage and problems of food poisoning; and the basic principles of food preservation; Physical and chemical processes that control changes in foods during ageing, the role of microorganisms in food spoilage and the consequences on eating unwholesome food; Application of both traditional and modern methods of food storage and preservation; Factors affecting the quality and wholesomeness of food, Principles of food hygiene practices; Sanitary measures in handling and storing food at home and in the market; Chemical Spoilage as a results of enzyme activities, Microbial Spoilage due to molds, yeast and bacteria; Bacterial Food Poisoning and/or infection e.g botulism, salmonellosis, staphylococcal infection, etc. and other types of food poisoning.

Credits
3
Level
Level 300
Semester
Semester Two

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Course details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).