Course
Food Toxicology - Toxicity and Risk Assessment of Avoidable Chemicals in Food
Are you a professional in the food industry and do you want to strengthen your expertise and knowledge about food toxicology? In this online master's course you will study the toxicity of avoidable chemicals in food and learn about risk assessments. Since this online course is part-time, you will be able to combine study and work and enhance your career.
Food Toxicology is an interesting master's course, held on a modern and functional e-learning platform, that provides essential knowledge for risk assessment in practice.
Content of the course
This course will provide an overview of the basic avoidable chemicals in food that require toxicity data to support their safe use. This includes compounds like food additives, pesticides, flavours, veterinary medicines, nanomaterials, food supplements and compounds from packaging materials. The course will also explain how, based on this information a risk assessment can be performed for these avoidable chemicals in food.
Activities
The master's course consists of online knowledge clips, tutorials and e-learning. Reading material will be provided via Blackboard.
You will learn to
- Understand the difference between avoidable and unavoidable chemicals of concern in food.
- The type of avoidable chemicals that are relevant to consider.
- Perform their own risk and safety assessment on avoidable chemicals in food.
Combining courses
When you want to learn more about food safety and quality, other courses are interesting for you too! You can deepen your knowledge in a specific career field, without following a complete master's programme. You can register for any combination, but these are our suggestions:
- Food Toxicology - Toxicity and Risk Assessment of Unavoidable Chemicals in Food
- Advanced Food Microbiology - Minimal Processing, Preservation and Fermentation
- Advanced Food Microbiology - Tools for Safety Management
Capstone project
After completion of two or more courses there is a unique opportunity to apply what you have learned. You can start a capstone project in consultation with a Wageningen expert in the field. It is a tailor-made project, where you will write a short paper about your results and conclusions. During this work you will be coached by the expert.
Price: €1,230,-.
Assumed knowledge
The language of instruction of this course is in English. Admission to the course requires a level of English as defined at the website for Dutch nationals, EU nationals or nationals outside EU/EFTA respectively.
Examination
You can complete the course(s) with an exam (not obligatory) or a capstone project. When completed successfully this will be mentioned on your certificate (included in the price).