Shelf Life of Packaged Foodstuffs

Code:

39849

ECTS:

3.0

Lecturers in charge:

izv. prof. dr. sc. Mario Ščetar

Lecturers:

izv. prof. dr. sc. Mia Kurek - Seminar
izv. prof. dr. sc. Mario Ščetar - Seminar

izv. prof. dr. sc. Mia Kurek - Lectures

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1. komponenta

Lecture type	Total
Lectures	15
Seminar	15

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Description:

General shelf-life analysis requirements. Effect of packaging material on product shelf-life. Barrier characteristics of packaging materials. Factors affecting the permeability of packaging materials. Packaging materials permeability to: gases, water vapour. Effect of packaging methods on product shelf-life. Effects of environmental factors on food shelf-life. Shelf-life protocol. Challenge study. Accelerated shelf life testing. Confirmatory storage study. On-going shelf life monitoring. Food-packaging interaction (corrosion, migration: global, specific). Shelf-life of packaged product with regards to: water gain; water loss; oxygen presence. Effect of temperature fluctuation.
Seminars: Shelf-life determination: case studies. Tasks definition and allocation. Seminars presentation by students.

Learning outcomes:

Literature:

1. VUJKOVIĆ I., GALIĆ K., VEREŠ M., Ambalaža za pakiranje namirnica, Sveučilišni udžbenik, TECTUS, Zagreb 2007.
2. STEEL R., (ured.) Understanding and measuring the shelf-life of food, Woodhead, Publiching Limited and CRC Press LLC, 2004.
3. ROBERTSON G.L., Food Packaging, Principles and Practice, 3rd edition, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013.,

Optional literature:

, STEEL R., (ured.) Understanding and measuring the shelf-life of food, Woodhead Publiching Limited and CRC Press LLC,2004., , , .
, ROBERTSON, G. L., Food Packaging, Principles and Practice, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York 2013., , , .

Prerequisit for:

Enrollment :
Passed : Basic of Food Technology

6. semester

Nutricionizam - izborni A - Regular studij - Nutrition

Consultations schedule:

Shelf Life of Packaged Foodstuffs