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This course will discuss an overview on several thermal and non-thermal processes such as ohmic heating, Pulsed Electric Field (PEF), High Hydrostatic Pressure (HPP), ionizing irradiation, UV light and etc. Their respective principles, potential applications, advantages and disadvantages of each technique will be discussed. This course enables students to catch up with latest technology involved in food processing.
“This course is about the administration, organization and delivery of health care in Malaysia. It covers the organizational structures, types of governance, and management issues of the Malaysian health care system"
The course emphasis is on importance of food safety and legislative systems in ensuring foods sold in the market are safe and achieve certain minimum standards. The content covers food policy and regulations in the country (Food Act 1983 and Food Regulations 1985) as well as other international standards or guidelines by international organizations such as Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), World Health Organization (WHO) and Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for global trade in foods. Students will be exposed to food safety and quality system (GMP, HACCP, ISO 22000, Halal) and guidelines on import requirements of some countries. In addition, students will be introduced with various aspects of quality assurance and its roles in food industry particularly on certain high-risk foods such as poultry and meat products, dairy products and vegetables/fruits. Graduate competency on legislative issues and standards of foods is important to ensure food produced follow strictly to the specification and standards, either for domestic uses or export markets.