Thanks to the postgraduate diploma you will be able to keep up-to-date with the progress in the detection and prevention of diseases in the food industry”

Campylobacteriosis, salmonella, E.Coli or listeriosis continue to cause food outbreaks, which cause health problems in people and directly affect the Food Industry. This is why the sector continues to make efforts to implement systems that improve the quality of its products, taking into account the possible risks that exist in all stages of the food chain.

This work allows the adoption of preventive measures against diseases transmitted by products such as meat or dairy products, thereby having an impact on improving the safety and well-being of people. Given this panorama, it is essential for the nutrition professional to be up-to-date with the latest developments in the detection of toxic and unhealthy elements. For this reason, this academic institution has designed this postgraduate diploma in Risk Management and Assessment in the Food Industry where the specialist will have the most advanced teaching tools in the academic system. 

Therefore, during 6 months, the students of this program will be able to delve into the controls and optimization of processes in the sector, the origin of food poisoning, health problems arising from the use of additives or the application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems. The video summaries of each topic, the detailed videos or the case studies provided by the expert teaching team, which delivers this program, will be an essential contribution in the updating of knowledge by nutritionists. 

All of this, in addition to an exclusively online format, which can be accessed comfortably wherever and whenever you want. Students only need an electronic device with an Internet connection to be able to access the content hosted in the Virtual Campus at any time. It also offers the freedom of being able to distribute the teaching load according to their needs. Professionals are therefore, before a postgraduate diploma that is at the academic forefront and compatible with the most demanding responsibilities.  

The specialists, who integrate this postgraduate diploma, have prepared case studies that bring you closer to real situations and very useful in your day to day life”

This postgraduate diploma in Risk Management and Assessment in the Food Industry contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Food Technology
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Practical exercises where self-assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies 
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments 
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection 

You have a library of multimedia resources that you can access comfortably whenever you want from your computer with Internet connection”

The program’s teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who contribute their work experience to this educational program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities. 

Its multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide an immersive education programmed to learn in real situations. 

The design of this program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that are presented throughout the academic course. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

Delve comfortably from your computer or tablet into the health, social and economic relevance of zoonoses”

Access to a 100% online program, which allows you to combine your work as a nutritionist and achieve an up-to-date knowledge in Risk Management and Assessment in the Food Industry”

Students who enter this university qualification will obtain the up-to-date knowledge they were looking for on Risk Management and Assessment in the Food Industry. A program that will allow them to be up-to-date with the advances in the epidemiological field for the prevention of diseases, the evolution of safety measures in the sector, as well as the methodologies recently applied in favor of food safety. In order to achieve this, you will also have access to the content elaborated by specialists in the field, with whom you will be able to consult any doubts you may have about the syllabus of this postgraduate diploma.

Delve into the latest scientific evidence on the epidemiological factors affecting food-borne diseases”

General Objectives

• Control the mathematical, statistical and economic aspects involved in food companies 
• Analyze trends in food production and consumption 
• Appreciate and recognize the sanitary and preventive importance of cleaning, disinfection, disinsecting and pest control programs in the food chain 
• Provide scientific and technical advice on food products and food product development

Specific Objectives 

Module 1. Food and Public Health

• Know the distinguishing fact of human nutrition, interrelationships between nature and culture
• Identify the concepts of public health and risk prevention related to food consumption habits and food safety 
• Understand the fundamentals and general systems of disease prevention, health promotion and protection, as well as the etiologies and epidemiological factors relating to foodborne diseases 
• Identify and classify the main social and economic implications of zoonoses 

Module 2. Food Industries 

• Controlling and optimizing processes and products in the food industry
• Manufacture and preservation of foodstuffs 
• Develop new processes and products 
• Know the industrial processes of food transformation and preservation, as well as packaging and storage technologies 
• Analyze the process and product control and optimization systems 
• Apply knowledge of transformation and conservation processes to the development of new processes and products 

Module 3. Safety Assessment in the Food Industry 

• Validate, verify and audit Food Safety control systems 
• Know and describe the basic principles of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system 
• Know and understand the functioning of the HACCP plan and its application in different food industries 
• Identify and know the hygienic characteristics of food groups of animal-based, plant-based and processed foods 

Thanks to this program you will be able to bring up-to-date your knowledge of the HACCP system and its application in the different food industries”