| Course Contents | 
	
	
		| This course will cover; The definition of shelf life; Factors affecting shelf-life and spoilage; Determination of shelf life; Simulation models to predict the shelf life of foods; Predicting packaging characteristics to improve shelf life of various foods; Accelerated shelf life analysis;Shelf life and expiration date of confectionery products, snack foods, bakery products, milk and dairy products, meat and processed meat products. | 
	
	
		| Weekly Course Content | 
	
	
		| Week | 
		Subject | 
		Learning Activities and Teaching Methods | 
	
	
		
		| 1 | 
		The shelf life definition | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 2 | 
		Factors affecting shelf-life and spoilage | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 3 | 
		The water activity concept. Moisture management | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 4 | 
		Microbiological, physical, chemical, and biochemical decomposition types and mechanisms in foods | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 5 | 
		Sensory evaluation methods for shelf life assessment | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 6 | 
		Phase transition, crystallization, staling, lipid oxidation, maillard reactions, | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 7 | 
		Enzymatic reactions, protein stability, color stability, crispness stability | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 8 | 
		mid-term exam | 
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		| 9 | 
		Determination of shelf life | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 10 | 
		The shelf life estimation based on time-temperature relation in manufacturing | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 11 | 
		Simulation models to predict the shelf life of foods | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 12 | 
		Predicting packaging characteristics to improve shelf life of various foods | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 13 | 
		Accelerated shelf life analysis | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 14 | 
		Shelf life and expiration date of confectionery products, snack foods, bakery products, milk and dairy products, meat and processed meat products | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
		
		| 15 | 
		Overall review | 
		Lecture, discussion or Distance Learning | 
	
	
	
		| 16 | 
		final exam | 
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		| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading | 
	
		
		| 1 | 
		Understanding and measuring the shelf-life of food. Steele R. 2004, Woodhead Publishing. | 
	
		
		| 2 | 
		Food Science. 5th Edition. Edited by Norman N. Potter, Joseph H. Hotchkiss. Chapman & Hall. 1995 | 
	
		
		| 3 | 
		Food shelf life stability: chemical, biochemical, and microbiological changes. Eskin M., Robinson D.S. 2000. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, Florida,USA. | 
	
		
		| 4 | 
		The Stability and Shelf-life of Food. Kilcast D., Subramamiam P. 2000.  Woodhead Publishing. | 
	
		
		| 5 | 
		Shelf life evaluation of foods. Man D.,Jones A. 2000. Aspen Publishers | 
	
		
		| Required Course instruments and materials | 
	
	
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