Masters Degrees in Food Hygiene

This programme provides advanced academic training in food safety and food control. It includes topics such as food control, hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) and food chain security.

The programme in Food Safety and Control addresses the key issues of food control, from both the food producers and food law enforcement points of view, recognising the equally important needs of distributors, retailers and of course, consumers.

With the advancement of food technology, food manufacture has allowed for enhanced food quality, improved food safety and increasingly competitive options for consumers.

On this course, you’ll work with expert academics from the . Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences.  as you. learn to apply and maintain advanced food quality assurance systems that meet both UK and international expectations.

The safety, quality and nutritional properties of the food that reaches consumers depends upon food scientists. Building on your scientific undergraduate studies, this course will allow you to gain an in-depth knowledge of the science of food.

This. postgraduate course. provides relevant, up-to-date experience of food safety management, which is of vital importance both to organisations and individuals in the food industry, enforcement and education.

Providing nutritious food is a key target for the government, which is keen to encourage industry and academic experts to work together to improve food standards.

Through this course you’ll explore 21st century food manufacturing techniques and develop your understanding of how the biochemical properties of food components influence how foods taste and feel, and their impact on nutrition and health.

Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading centres in Food Science and Technology in Europe and the world. The Food Safety programme of the university was the first MSc in Food Safety worldwide.

If you are seeking to develop a career within the culinary environment of the hospitality industry, this course provides a direct career pathway for you. .

Food is necessary for human survival, is an important source of pleasure, and plays an enormous role in the global economy. Microbes play an essential role in food preservation and safety, food for health and food biotechnology.

Areas of research include, but are not limited to. pre-harvest stress on ascorbic acid content in baby leaf spinach; the impact of post anthesis rainfall on the production and distribution of fusarium mycotoxins in wheat; minimising post-harvest losses in radishes.

The MSc in Advanced Food Safety is tailored towards students who aim to, or currently work within the agri-food industry and related sectors, offering a unique qualification in the fields of food safety and security.

This programme focuses on applied aspects of advanced and emerging analytical technologies to address current issues in food safety, nutrition and food supply.

This online Global Food Security (Food Safety) postgraduate programme will be delivered by leading research active staff within the internationally recognised.