The overall goal of Food Safety and Hygiene is to enable the graduates to perform necessary tests, interpret their results, identify food hazards, and implement appropriate methods to prevent food borne illnesses; the graduates are armed with the knowledge and skills of adopting new effective methods to enhance the quality of food.
Specific Competencies and Skills
At the end of the program learners will be competent in the following skills:
Instructing students of food science at bachelor level
Dealing with issues and questions related to food safety hygiene
Imparting scientific knowledge about the significance of food and hazards of unhealthy food to the society
Performing applied research on food safety and hygiene
Developing research projects to elevate nutrition standards
Cooperating with food quality control centers
Cooperating with national and international bodies to administer programs on food safety and hygiene