HSN204 - Food Safety
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Snehal Jadhav |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in D301, H315, H318 or Other students who would like to enrol in this unit must submit their request to Student Adviser in Student Central. Enrolment quotas apply. |
| Prerequisite: | One of: SBB111, SLE111, SBC152, SLE152, SLE155, HSN104, HSN203 |
| Corequisite: | Must be enrolled in or have previously successfully completed HSN010 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour lecture per week |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit will provide students with an understanding of the global issues around safe and sustainable food production. A major focus of the unit will be on understanding the microbial safety of food which would involve studying about different foodborne pathogens and spoilage agents and developing the skills for microbiological analysis of foods. Topics covered include: global food security and safety, microbial growth, foodborne pathogens, standard and advanced methods of pathogen detection, food spoilage and preservation, control of microbial growth, allergens and chemical contaminants in food and microbiological Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) analysis.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
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| ULO1 | Explain the important aspects involving safe and sustainable food production. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Describe and discuss the major physical, chemical and biological hazards associated with safe food production and the laws governing these. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Describe the characteristics of foodborne pathogens and spoilage microorganisms, methods for their isolation and detection. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO4 | Determine how food quality and safety is maintained during food production. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Demonstrate the ability to interpret and communicate new data relevant to safe and sustainable food production. | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO6 | Demonstrate the ability to provide feedback and work in a team environment to solve, analyse and interpret issues in safe and sustainable food production. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Laboratory | MCQ quiz | 5% each Total: 10% |
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| Assessment 2: Laboratory Report 1 and Laboratory | Maximum of 1000 words | 20% each Total: 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Poster assignment with Peer | Maximum of 1500 words | 50% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
- Students are required to attend 80% of classes/laboratories
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for HSN204 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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