Course detail
Food Analysis II
FCH-MA_ACP2Acad. year: 2023/2024
Contemporary hot issue of food analysis covers: Safety of food consumption from point of view of an undesirable contaminants of inorganic and organic origin. The field of study with addition covers occurence of toxins and hormones, dangerous diseases of BSE, parasitic, bacterial and virus origin and their detection; genitically modified food, authenticity and falsification of food, detection methods.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Offered to foreign students
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
none
Aims
After passing this course, the student acguires the overview of food production problems. Modern methods of sample preparation and principles of analytical methods used in food analysis are also part of this overview. Methods are assessed with respect to their use and advantages and disadvantages for particular kinds of important analytes.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
Lees M.: Food authenticity and tracebility. CRC Press, Woodhead Pub., New York 2003. (EN)
Pico Y.: Food toxicants analysis: Techniques, strategies and development. Elsevier, Amsterdam 2007. (EN)
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NPAP_ENVI Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
- Programme NPCP_PCHBT Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
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Syllabus
2. DNA analysis for the identification of animal / plant substances in food
3. PCR for the identification of food ingredients
4. Spectroscopy I
5. Spectroscopy II
6. Separation Methods I
7. Separation Methods II
8. Analysis of allergens, enzyme analysis
9. Food Authenticity I
10. Food Authenticity II
11. Analysis of contaminants in food