Unit FOOD HYGIENE AND NUTRITION

Course
Environment and workplace prevention techniques
Study-unit Code
50590106
Location
PERUGIA
Curriculum
In all curricula
Teacher
Beniamino Terzo Cenci Goga
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2026/27
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

FOOD CHEMISTRY

Code 50541502
Location PERUGIA
CFU 2
Teacher Federica Ianni
Teachers
  • Federica Ianni
Hours
  • 20 ore - Federica Ianni
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze della prevenzione nell'ambiente e nei luoghi di lavoro
Sector CHIM/10
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents The course covers the main aspects of food chemistry, with particular emphasis on the structure, properties, and transformations of food constituents.
Specifically, the following topics are covered:
- Chemistry of food ingredients and nutrients;
- Composition of foods of animal and plant origin;
- Biomolecules in foods: classification, characteristics, and main sources;
- Food labeling;
- Dietary fiber: definition, components, and role in the diet;
- Food alteration and adulteration;
- Chemical transformations of the main food fractions (lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates): mechanisms, risk factors, and prevention strategies;
- Evaluation of the composition and quality of foods such as milk and dairy products, vegetable oils, and fats.
Reference texts Mannina, Daglia, Ritieni - La chimica e gli alimenti, Zanichelli Editore.
Teaching material provided by the Lecturer for each topic of the course.
Educational objectives The course aims to provide fundamental knowledge of the structure and properties of food constituents and the main mechanisms of food spoilage. The knowledge acquired will cover food composition, the structure of food constituents, and the main chemical transformations that can occur as a result of natural phenomena or technological treatments.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
-interpret the chemical composition of foods;
-recognize the main phenomena of spoilage and adulteration;
-evaluate the quality of a food product based on its composition and degradation processes.
Prerequisites For a better understanding of the contents and to achieve the objectives of the course students must have knowledge of general chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry.
Teaching methods The course is based on lectures face-to-face on all topics of the course.
The lessons take place at Polo Unico Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, based on
the calendar published on the TEPAL web site.
Other information Course attendance is mandatory. For information on student support services (disability and/or DSA): http://www.unipg.it/disabilita-e-dsa
Learning verification modality The assessment exam is written and includes:
- multiple-choice questions, in a number proportional to the credits of the modules;
- one open-ended question for each module. Open-ended tests may be replaced, depending on the teaching activities, by alternative forms of assessment such as: group work; individual presentations; case study analysis; exercises or applied projects.

Conditions for passing the examination
The successful completion of the exam is subject to two conditions:
1. The overall score (closed-ended + open-ended questions) must be = 18/30;
2. For each module, both of the following requirements must be achieved: a minimum percentage of correct answers to the closed-ended questions; a positive evaluation of the open-ended question (or substitute test).
If one of the two requirements in point 2 is not met, despite having achieved an overall pass, the student may take an oral exam to make up the remaining gap. Failure to pass the remedial test will result in failure to pass the exam.
Extended program The course covers the following topics in an integrated manner:
- Foods, nutritional principles, and nutrients;
- Food labeling;
- Biomolecules in foods: classification, characteristics, and food sources;
- Dietary fiber: definition, components, and nutritional role;
- Phenomena of alteration of lipid, protein, and carbohydrate fractions: substrates, mechanisms, and prevention;
- Evaluation of the composition and adulteration of foods such as milk and dairy products, vegetable oils, and fats.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile The topics covered in the course are inspired by some objectives of the 2030 Agenda, enhancing some goals such as Good health and well-being, Quality education, Responsible consumption and production.

INSPECTION OF FOOD OF ANIMAL ORIGIN

Code 50590102
Location PERUGIA
CFU 2
Teacher Beniamino Terzo Cenci Goga
Teachers
  • Beniamino Terzo Cenci Goga
Hours
  • 20 ore - Beniamino Terzo Cenci Goga
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze della prevenzione nell'ambiente e nei luoghi di lavoro
Sector VET/04
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Students have to get the basic information on a) characteristics of the slaughterhouse and meat plants, b) environmental impact of these plants, c) basic operation performed in meat plants and food producing plants, d) meat identification, e) ante and post.-mortemt activity, f) visits weekly to slaughreghouses and other food producing plants such as cheese factory and fishery products
Reference texts -) Texbooks: La macellazione religiosa. Protezione degli animali e produzione igienica delle carni. B. Cenci Goga e A.G. Fermani. 2010. Point Vétérinaire Italie.
-) Texbook: Igiene e tecnologie degli alimenti di origine animale. 2008. G. Colavita. Point Vétérinaire Italie.
-) Texbook: Ispezione degli alimenti. 2018. B. Cenci Goga. Point Vétérinaire Italie.
-) Texbook: Sanità pubblica veterinaria e igiene degli alimenti. 2014. B Cenci Goga e AG Fermani Point Vétérinaire Italie.
Educational objectives Students have to get the basic information on a) characteristics of the slaughterhouse and meat plants, b) environmental impact of these plants, c) basic operation performed in meat plants and food producing plants, d) meat identification, e) ante and post.-mortemt activity, f) visits weekly to slaughreghouses and other food producing plants such as cheese factory and fishery products.
Moreover – Dublin descriptors
(knowledge and understanding
have demonstrated knowledge and understanding in the fields of food safety and official control, and that provides a basis or opportunity for originality in developing and/or applying ideas in the field of food safety and official control;
applying knowledge and understanding
can apply their knowledge and understanding, and problem solving abilities in new or unfamiliar environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to official control;
making judgements
have the ability to integrate knowledge and handle complexity, and formulate judgements with incomplete or limited information, but that include reflecting on social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgements;
communication skills
can communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these, to specialist and nonspecialist audiences clearly and unambiguously;
learning skills)
have the learning skills to allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous
Prerequisites Prerequisites are: Regulation of the course, and microbiology, hygiene, infectious diseases
Teaching methods • Lezioni frontali - face-to-face
• Flipped learning – flipped learning
• Esercitazioni - Practical training
• Lezioni teoriche ed esercitazoni pratiche - Theoretical lessons and practical training
• Seminari - Seminars
• Escursioni - Field trips
• Laboratorio - Laboratory
• Lezioni frontali a carattere seminariale con audiovisivi - Seminar lectures with audiovisual material
Other information Supplementary material is available at the web page of the professor:
http://www.unipg.it/cencigog

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Learning verification modality Oral exam.
Discussion on subjects of veterinary public and case studies
Extended program Introduzione al ciclo di gestione dei controlli ufficiali.

La pianificazione e la programmazione dei controlli ufficiali.

L’esecuzione dei controlli ufficiali e la certificazione ufficiale.

22- 23 maggio
La gestione delle conseguenze dei controlli ufficiali.

Sistemi di verifica e correlate azioni correttive/preventive/di miglioramento.
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile

FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Code 50541302
Location PERUGIA
CFU 2
Teacher Sonia Esposto
Teachers
  • Sonia Esposto
Hours
  • 20 ore - Sonia Esposto
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze della prevenzione nell'ambiente e nei luoghi di lavoro
Sector AGR/15
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents


Principal trasformation and conservation processes of the Agro-food industries

Reference texts


"La trasformazione industriale di frutta ed ortaggi" Author Pomei C. (Edagricole Ed.); "Igiene e Tecnologie degli Alimenti di Origine Animale" Author Colavita G. (Point Veterinaire Ed.); "Tecnologia del latte. Materie prime e processi di lavorazione" Author Salvadori Del Prato O. (Edagricole Ed.)
Food packaging di Piergiovanni e Limbo (Ed. Springer)

Educational objectives


Basics on the processes for agri-food industries.
Interpretation of process flow-sheet for agri-food industries.
Evaluation of incoming raw materials in agri-food industries.
Enhancement and empowerment of the knowledge already acquired by students, with particular stimulus interdisciplinary use of the same, including that of the English language.

Prerequisites


Basics on chemistry, physics, microbiology and mathematics.

Teaching methods


Theoretical lessons and practical training

Learning verification modality


The written test is composed by:
- Close questions (item/questions or multiple choice tests), the number and the value of which is directly proportional to CFU of every integrated module and to CFU total number of discipline
- One open question for every discipline module. The open question, according to the didactic method used in the modules, can be replaced by different examination mode: team work, plenary presentation of individual research program, solution to special cases or exercises, project elaboration.
Essential conditions to pass examination and to obtain its certification.
- First condition. Total result (the sum of close and open questions marks) must be at least 18/30.
- Second condition. For every module: A) certain minimal percentage of right answers (on the total number of close questions) must be achieved; B) the evaluation for open question answer or for any other different examination mode must be positive.
In case the student reaches the first condition but do not achieve one (A or B) of the second condition, he can do the oral exam to recover the insufficient part. If the student fails the oral exam, he fails the exam of discipline.

Extended program


Provide students with scientific and technical knowledge for understanding the major processes of transformation of the agro-food industry.
Will learn more in food technology, production processes, technologies, packaging and distribution of products, process parameters and their unit operations, methods of representation in the form of process flow diagrams (flow-sheet, flow chart).
Some information will be also given on the disposal of waste- and by- products.

Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Given the topics covered in lessons and also related to mild technologies, and innovative technologies to ensure food quality, food security and food safety, the objectives of the 2030 agenda, more similar to the course are: Zero Hunger, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Consumption and responsible productions