| Statuss(Neaktīvs) | Izdruka | Arhīvs(0) | Studiju plāns Vecais plāns | Kursu katalogs | Vēsture |
| Course title | Food Toxicology |
| Course code | Vete4041 |
| Credit points (ECTS) | 2.25 |
| Total Hours in Course | 60.75 |
| Number of hours for lectures | 12 |
| Number of hours for seminars and practical classes | 18 |
| Date of course confirmation | 08/05/2013 |
| Responsible Unit | Institute of Food and Environmental Hygiene |
| Course developers | |
| Dr. med. vet., prof. Anda Valdovska |
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| There is no prerequisite knowledge required for this course | |
| Course abstract | |
| During studies students are getting acquainted with the term of toxic substances, toxicocinetics, the action of toxicants in the human body, the main food toxicants, poisoning substances in plants used as food, development of toxic substances during food preparation, testing and evaluation of contaminated food, control of toxicants. | |
| Learning outcomes and their assessment | |
| [Knowledge] about formation of toxicants in environment, about reach ways to food chain; [Skills] to perform sampling procedure according requirements of EU and to evaluate risk of toxicants in foodstuffs; [Competence] to draw relationship of toxicant with categories of foodstuffs and to evaluate risk of toxicant concerning human health in food chain. | |
| Compulsory reading | |
| 1. Deshpande S.S. Handbook of Food Toxicology. New York, Basel : Marcel Dekker, 2002. 903 p.
2. Shibamoto T., Bjeldanes L., Shibamoto T. Introduction to Food Toxicology, New York: Academic Press, 2007. 197 p. 3. Dabrowski W.M., Sikorski Z.E. Toxins in Food. London: CRC Press, 2004. 345 p. 4. Jones A.L., Dargan P.I. Toxicology. London: Churchill Livingstone, 2001. 162 p. |
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| Further reading | |
| 1. Benford D. The acceptable Daily intake. Brussels: ILSI Europe, 2000. 36 p. 2. Benford D. Principles of risk assesment of food and drinking water related to human health. Brussels: ILSI Europe, 2001. 35 p. | |