Understand the basic principles of Quality Management
Apply the fundamental principles of Quality Management to real life examples from the food industry
Understand the importance of the Quality Policy for Quality Management in food industry
Write a Quality Policy document for an organization of the food production sector
Understand the role of Quality Design and innovation in nowadays food industries
Understand the role of Statistical Quality Control in nowadays food industries
Apply basic principles of the Statistical Quality Control to case studies from food industries
Understand the basic principles of Quality Improvement
Understand the basic principles of Quality Assurance
Understand the role of HACCP in Food Quality Assurance
Prepare a HACCP plan for a food producer
The Quality concept and its evolution. Quality gurus and their contribution towards the present knowledge on Quality. Total Quality Management: its basic principles
Management functions – basic concepts: planning, controlling, leading and organising
Quality Management Functions – fundamental aspects
Quality Policy and Strategy. Importance. Practical application.
Quality Design. Product design – the process and technological tools. Principles of process design. Technological tools for process design
Quality Control. Principles and practice of statistical quality control in the scope of Quality Management
Quality Improvement. The Quality Improvement process – activities and decisions. Elementary conditions for
Quality Improvement.
Quality Assurance. The Quality Assurance process – activities and decisions, guidelines and standards. Quality Assurance in a chain perspective. Safety Assurance and HACCP.
Lectures provide the students with the basic knowledge on the basic concepts of the unit. Research, exploration and discussion of the themes under study are promoted to deepen the students’ comprehension.
In practical sessions, case-studies are presented, to promote the application of the fundamental concepts to real life situations from food production units.
Luning PA & Marcelis WJ. 2009. Food Quality Management: Technological and Managerial Principles. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Linneman AR & van Boekel MAJS. 2007. Food Product Design: an Integrated Approach. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Alli I. 2003. Food Quality Assurance: Principles and Practices. CRC Press, Florida, USA
Luning PA, Devlieghere F & Verhé R. 2006. Safety in the Agri-Food Chain. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Smulders FJM & Collins JD. 2004. Safety Assurance During Food Processing. Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Baptista P, Pinheiro G & Alves P. 2003. Sistemas de Gestão de Segurança Alimentar. Forvisão, Guimarães, Portugal
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