Certificate in Food Science and Quality Control

The Guru Nanak Dev University offers Certificate in Food Science and Quality Control course to its students. The course structure for it is as follows:

PART –A
INTRODUCTION : Food Sources, Composition & Nutrition Value of food, Chemical microbial, Spoilage of Food and Food Products & Different methods of food preservation Food Sanitation
CEREALS & LEGUMES : General structure & composition of cereal grains, Milling of cereals & legumes, Manufacturing of Cereal products like Bread, Biscuit cake.
MILK : Composition, Processing of Milk like Curd, Yoghurt, lassi, Khoa, paneer, Cheese, Butter Milk, Ice-Cream, Flavoured Milk, Fermented Milk & Condensed Milk
EGG, MEAT & FISH : Composition & Processing of Egg, Meat, Fish & Poultry.
FRUITS & VEGETABLES : Composition & Processing of fresh fruits and vegetables like prepackaging, canning, freezing & dehydration. Brief description of jams, Jellies, marmalades, Tomato Ketchup , Juices, Squashes and Pickles etc.
FERMENTED FOODS : Preparation of Soy-Sauce, Miso, Temph, Idli, Dosa.
PART-B
1. Definition of Quality
2. Objectives , Importance & functions of Quality control.
3. Sampling of food products for quality control
4. specification of raw material & finished products
5. Sensory evaluation of food
6. Food Laws & Regulations like AGMARK, FPO, PFA, ISO, BIS , Food Safety & standard