COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOOD LEGISLATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MSH 0176 FOOD LEGISLATION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Efes Vocational School

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR TOLGA AKCAN

Offered to

Catering Services Programme
Cultural Heritage and Tourism
Tourism and Hotel Management
Civil Aviation Transportation Management
Food Technology

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to equip the students with the required knowledge, skills and detailed information about Turkish Food Codex, laws, regulations, directives and guidelines about food legislation in Turkey. It also aims to provide students with knowledge about HACCP and ISO22000 Food Safety Management System.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   List basic definitions of food regulations.
2   Explain the laws on food.
3   Define the regulations on food.
4   Define the directives about food.
5   Explain the guidelines about food.
6   Explain the Food Safety Management Systems.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Food Legislation
2 Laws About Food
3 Regulations (Turkish food codex, microbiological criteria, food additives)
4 Regulations (pesticides, food contaminants, Materials in Contact with Food, labelling)
5 Regulations (Food Hygiene Regulation)
6 Regulations (GMO, Food Irradiation, Fish and Fishery Products)
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 Directives (meat and egg products)
9 Directives (milk products, alcoholic non alcoholic beverages)
10 Directives (bread, oil)
11 Guidelines
12 HACCP
13 ISO 22000 Food Safety Management System

Recomended or Required Reading

http://www.tarim.gov.tr/Sayfalar/Mevzuat.aspx

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, video impressions about the true facts and circumstances related to the subjects, assignments, presentations and by following the current researches through the study of academic papers on the subject.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exam and assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

It is imperative to attend 70% of the courses and fulfill the requirements of the course.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

tolga.akcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The days in the program specified at the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation about subject 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 106

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18PO.19PO.20
LO.15
LO.2
LO.35
LO.45
LO.555
LO.6

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