Discover the fascinating world of food science and feel empowered to make safe, healthy, and sustainable food choices. Discover topics like food sustainability, integrity, ethics, and constituents. Food and health information is often oversimpliﬁed by the media, and recommendations can be inaccurately reported and contradictory to current recommendations.

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By understanding and learning more about what’s in our food, we can make smarter, more sustainable, and healthier food choices.

On this course, you’ll access trustworthy information on the food system from food industry experts.

You’ll cover topics like food contaminants, food safety, ethical issues, and food sustainability considerations so that you can become a responsible partner in the food system.

What topics will you cover?

● Food Constituents

● The link between diet and health

● Food Integrity (food quality, safety and authenticity)

● Ethical and sustainability considerations in the food system

● The role of the consumer in making safe, healthy and sustainable food choices

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the term food integrity

- Explore ethical and sustainability issues surrounding food production

- Assess how the consumer is protected by legislation

- Explain how food can become contaminated by biological, chemical or physical hazards

- Identify the role of the consumer in ensuring food safety and becoming change agents in the transition towards a smart, inclusive and trusted food system

- Reflect on the work organisations are doing in relation to food safety e.g. EFSA