2024-2025 / VDOC0020-1

Complement of methods for controlling the microbiological quality of food

Duration

16h Th, 16h Pr

Number of credits

 Doctoral training in veterinary sciences3 crédits 

Lecturer

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

* Principles of microbiological analysis of foods: sampling plans, sampling, sample management, laboratory sampling, counting, detection, identification, typing.
* Alternative methods in food microbiology, including genetic methods.
* Applications for the microbiological analysis of food and interpretation of flora detected or counted.
* Approval of laboratories and recognized methods.
* Definitions, Development and use of microbiological criteria.
* Practical works consisting in the enumeration and detection of key microorganisms contaminating food by traditional culture, immunodiagnostic and genetic methods, control of water, air and surfaces.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

* At the end of this teaching and practical exercises that are related, the student should be able to understand the techniques used in food microbiology laboratories and to choose the methods best suited to each situation.
* He will be able to choose the optimal flora to count or to detect according to objectives and to interpret the results in terms of microbiological criteria.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic knowledge in microbiology

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

* Practical work in the laboratory to manipulate the main pathogenic microorganisms counted or detected in foods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

16 hours of lectures and 16 hours of practical work

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Via eCampus

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Oral examination after short preparation if on site, without if not

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

· Pr. Georges Daube, en charge de l'enseignement · Elisa Martinez, assistante · Mme Christine Bal, secrétaire
Université de Liège, Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire, Département des sciences des denrées alimentaires, Bld de Colonster, 20. Sart-Tilman, B43bis, Liège, Belgique tél : +32-4-366 40 15 (40 40) fax : +32-4-366 40 44
Courriels : Georges.Daube@uliege.be ; emartinez@uliege.be; dda@uliege.be
Website : http://www.dda.ulg.ac.be/

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