January 2008 (week 3,4 or 5 – to be determined together with proposed teachers)
Undervisningsform:
Lectures and practical exercises. These will be conducted by scientists from organisations which are partners in EU BIOTRACER project as well as other scientists from the Food Institute.
Traceability of microorganisms and their toxins along the entire food chain and the use of advanced mathematical models to trace and track these are essential to ensure the safety/security of the food chain. This module will provide a thorough introduction to all the key issues and important methods used in the BIOTRACER IP, i.e. present a structured and detailed description of biotraceability from sampling through sample pre-treatment, analysis and modelling. It includes aspects of inadvertent and deliberate adulteration of the food chain. Theoretical aspects will be supported by practicals in both microbiology and modelling.
The Course is requested from the EU commission as a part of BIOTRACER, which is an EU integrated project. Furthermore, the course is a deliverable and the expenses are covered by the EU commission.
BIOTRACER is an Integrated Project under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) under the Food Quality and Safety area. The EU contribution to this project is €11 million, and the total budget is €15 million for the 4-year duration of the project (01 Jan 2007—31 Dec 2010).
The objective of BIOTRACER is to develop methods to trace the course of food and feed contamination. BIOTRACER will develop recommendations to control any risk through the integration of novel genomic and metabolomic data resulting in a better understanding of the physiology of the micro-organisms, combining these with advances in predictive food-based microbiological models (see more on Biotracer.org).
Læringsmål:
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
Design appropriate sampling methods and sample treatments
Apply appropriate modern diagnostic methods for rapid detection
Analyse data with on-line model software databases.
Overview the elements of the whole chain approach to biotraceability for improved food safety
Kursusindhold:
Sampling strategies, bottlenecks in pre-analytical sample treatment for rapid tracing, rapid methods of analysis, risk assessment, applied mathematical modelling and predictive microbiology databases, tracing and tracking, food security and bioterrorism.
