Search for dissertations about: "food safety practices"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words food safety practices.

2. 1. Food Safety Learning in Home and Consumer Studies : Teachers' and Students' Perspectives

   Author : Marie Lange; Ingela Marklinder; Helen Göranzon; Chris Griffith; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Learning; Food safety; Education; Didactic; Risk; Food hygiene; Trust; Students ; Teachers ; Compulsory school; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to explore food safety as part of Home and consumer studies (HCS) education in Swedish compulsory school.Firstly, a nationwide web-based questionnaire was performed among HCS teachers to obtain an overall picture of their knowledge, behaviour and attitudes regarding food safety. READ MORE

4. 2. Evaluating implementation strategies for improved food safety in Vietnam

   Author : Hai Hoang Tuan Ngo; Johanna Lindahl; Mats Målqvist; Hung Nguyen-Viet; Fred Unger; Phuc Pham-Duc; Coen van Wagenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Food safety; Intervention; Pork value chain; Cost of illness; Cost-Benefit analysis; Microbial contamination; Experimental auction; Salmonella;

   Abstract : Pork is the most popular and consumed meat in Vietnam, and the preference among consumers for fresh and “warm” pork makes the traditional pork value chain dominate the pork industry. This thesis assessed microbial contamination in pork, then evaluated the technical and economic aspects of light-touch interventions in improving the safety of pork in the small-scale value chain. READ MORE

5. 3. Microbiological food safety of cheese produced in Swedish small-scale dairies : characteristics, growth and enterotoxin production of Staphylococcus aureus

   Author : Åsa Rosengren; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The number of small-scale dairies in Sweden has increased during the past decade. Current agricultural policy encourages such small-scale production and various ways to help producers have been proposed. Combining traditional cheese making and good product safety is a challenge, since several human pathogens pose a hazard in the products. READ MORE

6. 4. Solar Assisted Pervaporation : A process for the concentration of fruit juices in membrane pouches with solar energy

   Author : Randi Phinney; Avdelningen för livsmedel och läkemedel; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; pervaporation; solar drying; membrane pouch; juice concentration; fruit preservation; marmalade; tangerine; Vangueria infausta; microbiology; water activity; soluble solids; Brix;

   Abstract : Drying has been used for thousands of years to preserve foods. One of the first methods used was open air sun drying which exposes foods directly to solar radiation and ambient air. This method is still used today around the world but it remains underdeveloped on a small-scale for two main reasons. READ MORE

7. 5. Living with adversity and vulnerability : adaptive strategies and the role of trees in Konso, Southern Ethiopia

   Author : Menfese Tadesse; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : The Konso people of Southern Ethiopia have been known for their traditional land management and conservation practices and mixed farming systems in which trees have played a central role. These practices helped them to sustain livelihoods over long period to survive in a less favored area. READ MORE