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Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
FOOD DEFENCE, BIOTERORISM AND CRISIS COMMUNICATION 802900715040 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors
Assistants
Goals To give Information on "Food Defence" which is one of the most important conditions of food safety sustainability
Course Content Preventative Food Defence Procedures;Visitor Procedures;Building Security;Product Security and İntegrity;Employee Hiring; Improved standards for produce safety Risk assessment; risk reduction strategy, critical infrastructure; food defense team; vulnerability assessment; food defense plan; monitoring procedures; hazard and supply; vulnerability assessment; critical importance; accessibility; Homeland security; preventing deliberate contamination; maintaining food replenishment; food contamination spectrum; food defense guide; poor assessment, mitigation strategy.
Learning Outcomes 1) They will gain knowledge on Preventive Food Defense Procedures.
2) They will gain knowledge on Visitor Procedures, Building Security.
3) They will gain knowledge about Product Safety and Integrity, Employee Hiring.
4) They will learn about standards developed for product safety.
5) Risk assessment; They will gain knowledge about risk reduction strategy.
6) They will gain knowledge about critical infrastructure and the food defense team.
7) They will gain knowledge about the food defense team and vulnerability assessment.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Preventive Food Defense Procedures Lecture

Homework
2. Week Visitor Procedures, Building Security Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Product Safety and Integrity, Employee Hiring Case Study

Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
4. Week Developed standards for product safety Lecture

Homework
5. Week Risk assessment; risk reduction strategy Lecture

Homework
6. Week Critical infrastructure; food defense team Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Food defense team; vulnerability assessment Problem Solving

Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
8. Week Food defense plan; monitoring procedures Lecture

Homework
9. Week Hazard and supply; vulnerability assessment; critical importance; accessibility Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Homeland security Lecture

Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
11. Week Prevent deliberate contamination; protect food supply Case Study

Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
12. Week Food contamination spectrum Problem Solving

Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
13. Week Food defense guide Case Study

Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time)
14. Week Vulnerability assessment, mitigation strategy Lecture

Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice, Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Joseph, George (2015). "Determination of Sodium Monofluoroacetate in Dairy Powders by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS): First Action 2015.02". Journal of AOAC International. 98 (4): 1121–1126.
Spink, John (September 2014). "Economically Motivated Adulteration: Broadening the Focus to Food Fraud". Food Safety Magazine.
Spink, John; Moyer, Douglas C. (2011-11-01). "Defining the Public Health Threat of Food Fraud". Journal of Food Science. 76 (9):R157–R163.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4DK5DK6DK7
PY152000200
PY250200000
PY350000000
PY450003000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 4
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Homework 4 2
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 6 4
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 5 4
Report (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 2
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 1 2
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 4 3
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 7 2
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 14 2
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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