AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Food 
Science & Human Nutrition

Food Safety and Quality Management Systems and Food Legislation

Content

The European Union legislative frame of safety and quality assurance
• The general food law and health regulations
• The Quality Management System according to the ISO 9001:2008 Standard (Lecture 1)
• The Quality Management System according to the ISO 9001:2008 Standard (Lecture 2)
• Food safety management
• The HACCP system
• Analysis of requirements of the ISO 22000:2018 standard
• Analysis of requirements of the ISO 22000:2018 standard
• Comparative presentation of standards
• System Inspection
• System Inspection
• Certification of systems

Learning results

The course completes the knowledge and skills of students to develop a plan for managing food safety and quality according to international standards.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

  • identify the institutional framework and interpret it
  • describe and interpret and differentiate the requirements of the various standards
  • compiles requirements
  • applies the requirements of the standards to food businesses
  • inspect and evaluate the implementation of systems and recommend corrective actions.

Bibliography

- European Parliament, Council of the European Union. Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European -Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety. OJ L 031, 01.02.2002, p. 1 – 24.
- European Parliament, Council of the European Union. Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the hygiene of foodstuffs. OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 1–54.
- Codex Alimentarius Commission. 2020. General Principles of Food Hygiene CXC 1-1969.
- Bernd van der Meulen and Bart Wernaart (Eds) 2020. EU Food Law Handbook. Wageningen Academic Publishers.
- S. Wilson (Ed) 2021 The ASQ certified food safety and quality auditor handbook. ASQ Excellence, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- J.P. Russell (Ed). 2005. The ASQ Auditing Handbook, 3rd ed., ASQ Quality Press, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Faculty

NEWSLETTER

The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (renamed Department of Food Science and Technology, Decree 80/27/5/13, Government Gazette A119 28/5/13) offers its students the scientific background for a rational approach to scientific and technological issues related to the food sector.
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