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Education Courses The veterinarian’s role in ensuring food safety

The veterinarian’s role in ensuring food safety

Language
English
Nature
fakultatív B
Method of evaluation
vizsga (kollokvium)
Year in the curriculum
2. year
Semester in the curriculum
3. semester
Credits
2
Lectures
15
Allow for
  • Vet HU

Course description

 

The course is available only in Hungarian.

 

The aim of the course:

The overall aim of the course is to familiarise students with the role of veterinarians in ensuring food chain safety. During the lectures, guest speakers from the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) and the Ministry of Agriculture will present the current issues and challenges in their respective fields and the main responsibilities of veterinarians in each field.

 

Prerequisite courses:

 

Teacher responsible

Ákos Bernard Józwiak DVM PhD

 

Teachers participating

Miklós Süth DVM PhD, Ákos Bernard Józwiak DVM PhD, guest lecturers


Lectures theme

The course will not be held in the 1st semester of 2024/2025 .

 

Topics and the timetable for weekly lessons.

Education week
Topic
1 General introduction (Global trends, challenges, vision).
2 Food chain safety situation.
3 Food chain safety events and their management.
4 Forgery-fraud and intentional acts of harm.
5 Current issues in animal health.
6 Current issues in animal welfare.
7 Current issues in food safety.
8 Risk communication.
9 The role of food testing laboratories.
10 The role of veterinary diagnostic laboratories.
11 Policy at national and international level.
12 Informatics (computer science, analysis).
13 Research-development-innovation.
14 Career opportunities.
15 History and vision of food chain safety.

Exam information

The end of the semester will end with a moodle exam, where students will be asked questions covering all topics.