ADVANCED FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

FOODSCI/MICROBIO 324

Lab exercises dealing with food preservation, spoilage, and food poisoning. Isolation, identification and quantification of specific microbes occurring in foods, and food fermentations by bacteria and yeast.

MICROBIO 811

Explores the diversity of scientific topics comprising the field of contemporary microbiology.

FOODSCI/MICROBIO 325

Principles of food preservation, epidemiology of foodborne illness, agents of foodborne illness, food fermentations and biotechnology.

FOODSCI 551

Offers the opportunity to learn to produce fermented beverages and dairy products in laboratory and scalable production facilities. Designed to introduce the chemical and physical basis for development of specific characteristics associated with individual styles of products as well as analytical methods to qualify those characteristics. Enrollment limited to students 21 years of age or older

FOODSCI 550

Chemistry, microbiology, and technology of foods and beverages in which fermentations are important (e.g. cheese, bread, pickles, beer). Fermentation techniques in developing new foods and food additives. Instrumentation and mechanization of food fermentations.