2023-2024 / VETE2033-1

Basis of risk analysis and quality management

Duration

9h Th

Number of credits

 Advanced Master in Specialised Veterinary Medicine (Registrations are closed)1 crédit 

Lecturer

Véronique Delcenserie, Claude Saegerman

Coordinator

Claude Saegerman

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Essentials about risk analysis and quality management in general and in the food chain

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

· The student will be able to understand and criticize microbiological and chemical risk assessment related to foodstuffs of animal origin

· The student will be able to understand the concept of quality management and to explain how to implement such system in the food chain

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

· The student would have previously followed a basic course of Epidemiology and Statistics.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

  • Interactive lectures in the audience, largely illustrated by a computer-assisted presentation.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face.

Recommended or required readings

Copy of slides available via eCampus
Reference books for Risk Analysis:
· Terminologie en matière d'analyse des dangers et des risques selon le Codex alimentarius. Ouvrage édité par l'Agence fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire, Bruxelles, 46 pages.
· Application de l'évaluation de risques dans la chaîne alimentaire. Ouvrage édité par l'Agence fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire, Bruxelles, sous presse.
· Analyse de risque. Numéro spécial. Epidémiologie et santé animale, 2002, n°41.
· Renwick et al. Risk characterisation of chemicals in food and diet. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2003, 41, 1211-1271.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

· A written exam is organized. It consists in questions and sub-questions related to the course (a point when the answer is right). The questions deal with general principles and concepts, as well as risks analysis exercises.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

· The teaching is given by a multidisciplinary team of professors, of which one is diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Public Health.

Contacts

  • C. Saegerman, Lecturer and coordinator claude.saegerman@ulg.ac.be·
  • V. Delcenserie, Professeur veronique.delcenserie@uliege.be
  • Secrétariat : +32 (0)4 366 40 40

Association of one or more MOOCs

Items online

Base in risk analysis and in quality management
Power point présentations.