Food hygiene and technology III. (meat, meat products and their chemical analysis)

Study programme: general veterinary medicine full-time form of study
Teaching language:   english
Subject code: KaHTP/GVM-SSE-FTIII.1/17    Short: GVM-SSE-FTIII.1
  •  Credits: 0
  •  Completion method: Credit
  •   Lectures: 1 / Practice: 2
  •   Semester: winter semester
Form, course-load and method od study:
Form of study: Lecture / Practical
Course-load: Per week: 1 / 2   -   Per study period: 13 / 26 (recommended, in hours)
Method of study: prezenčná
 
Prerequisites a following
Prerequisites:                 
 
Teachers
Lecturer:
Instructor:
Guarantor:
CONDITIONS FOR COMPLETION OF COURSE
Only healthy non-pregnant students may attend the practical lessons. Credit will be granted only if the presence at the lectures and practical lessons complied with the Organisation and Study Schedule Guidelines of the UVMP in Košice.
Learning outcomes
Ability to fulfil the duties of Official Veterinarian at meat production (as set by Regulation (EC) 0854/2004).
Brief outline of the course
- Safety at work rules.
- Animal welfare at abattoir.
- Ante mortem health examination and decision about animal.
- Animal slaughter and dressing of carcasses.
- Post mortem examination and decision about meat.
Course syllabus
(1 hr. lesson + 2 hrs. practical lessons pre week)
1 Lecture: Introduction to the subject.
Legislation (EU): Definitions of slaughter animals, official veterinarian, abattoir. Basic construction, layout rules, GMP, SOPP and HACCP.
Lesson: Safety rules at work. Role of a veterinarian at meat production supervision. Dressing technology and meat safety.
(Place: Meat Hygiene Dpt. Building)
2 Lecture: Legislation: Transportation of slaughter animals to the abattoir. Animal welfare and pre-slaughter handling of animals. Admission of slaughter animals to the abattoir, accompanying documents, ante mortem inspection. Disposition of animals after ante mortem inspection.
Lesson: Animal welfare at abattoir – transportation, handling. FCI. Ante mortem inspection.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
3 Lecture: Animal welfare at slaughterhouse. Legislation. Methods of slaughter – stunning, bleeding.
Lesson: Animal welfare at abattoir – transportation, handling. FCI. Ante mortem inspection.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
4 Lecture: Methods of slaughter and dressing – cattle. GMP: Hygiene of environment, hygiene of staff, hygiene of work. SRM.
Lesson: Animal welfare at abattoir – stunning and bleeding of animals. Dressing of slaughter animals – premises layout, equipment & GMP.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
5 Lecture: Methods of slaughter and dressing – pigs. GMP: Hygiene of environment, hygiene of staff, hygiene of work. Trichinella examination.
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – basic post-mortem health examination procedures.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
6 Lecture: Methods of slaughter and dressing – sheep. GMP: Hygiene of environment, hygiene of staff, hygiene of work. SRM.
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – pigs.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
7 Lecture: Post mortem inspection – legislation requirements and its background. General procedures of examination (adspection, palpation, incision, laboratory examination).
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – pigs.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
8 Lecture: Post mortem inspection of sheep/goats (lambs/kids) and solipeds. Slaughter outside of slaughterhouse.
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – pigs.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
9 Lecture: Judgement of meat. Meat not suitable for humans. Legislation and its background. Health marking of meat.
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – cattle.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
10 Lecture: Disease control and sampling (Trichinella, TSE). Zoonoses and notifiable diseases. Residues in meat – surveillance.
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – cattle.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
11 Lecture: Inspection duties. Collecting and recording of findings. Reports. Feedback.
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – cattle.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
12 Lecture: Inspection duties. Animal welfare, by-products, hygiene, HACCP inspection.
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – cattle.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
13 Lecture: Ritual slaughters.
Lesson: Post mortem examination of animals – cattle.
(Place: Slaughterhouse)
Recommended literature
- Handouts given at lectures.
- Regulation (EC) 0852/2004 - on the hygiene of foodstuffs.
- Regulation (EC) 0853/2004 - laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin.
- Regulation (EC) 0854/2004 - laying down specific rules for the organisation of official controls on products of animal origin intended for human consumption.
- Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 - on the protection of animals at the time of killing.
- Regulation (EC) 2075/2005 - laying down specific rules on official controls for Trichinella in meat.
- Regulation (EC) 999/2001 - rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
- Regulation (EC) 2073/2005 - on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs.
- Regulation 142/2011 - health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption.
- Girard, J.P.: Technology of Meat and Meat Products, Ellis Horwood Ltd.
- Gracey, J.(F)., Collins, D.S.: Meat Hygiene (9e). Bailliére Tindall, London, 1991.
Conditions for completion of course
Content prerequisite:
KaAHF/GVM-Anat II. 1/11 and KaAHF/GVM-Anat II. 2/14 and KaAHF/GVM-Anat I./11 and KaAHF/GVM-HisEmb 2/13 and KaAHF/GVM-Phys 1/11 and KaAHF/GVM-Phys 2/14 and KaBIOaGEN/GVM-Biol/13 and KaBIOaGEN/GVM-Zool/13 and KaEaP/GVM-Epi 1/11 and KaEaP/GVM-Epi 2/11 and KaEaP/GVM-Par 1/11 and KaEaP/GVM-Par 2/11 and KaEaP/GVM-PreVetM/11 and KaEaP/GVM-SSE-InPDis/12 and KaEaP/GVM-Zoon/11 and KaFaT/GVM-Pharm 1/13 and KaFaT/GVM-Pharm 2/13 and KaFaT/GVM-PhTh/11 and KaFaT/GVM-Tox/11 and KaChBChBF/GVM-BiCh 1/11 and KaChBChBF/GVM-BiCh 2/14 and KaChBChBF/GVM-BiPh/11 and KaChBChBF/GVM-BphMthMe/13 and KaChBChBF/GVM-ClBiCh/11 and KaChBChBF/GVM-Ch/13 and KaChBChBF/GVM-PatBiCh/11 and KaMBaI/GVM-Im/11 and KaMBaI/GVM-Mic 1/11 and KaMBaI/GVM-Mic 2/11 and KaPAaPF/GVM-PaA 1/11 and KaPAaPF/GVM-PaA 2/11 and KaPAaPF/GVM-PaA 3/11 and KaPAaPF/GVM-PaPhy 1/11 and KaPAaPF/GVM-PaPhy 2/11 and KaVDCHZv/GVM-AnHus 1/14 and KaVDCHZv/GVM-AnHus 2/14 and KaVDCHZv/GVM-DiPrHA 1/11 and KaVDCHZv/GVM-DiPrHA 2/11 and KaVDCHZv/GVM-NutFeed 1/11 and KaVDCHZv/GVM-NutFeed 2/11 and KaVVP/GVM-LT/13 and KaŽPVLE/GVM-AnHyW/11 and KaŽPVLE/GVM-BaEc/11 and KaŽPVLE/GVM-ProEth/14 and KaŽPVLE/GVM-PubVetMed/14 and KaŽPVLE/GVM-VetE/11 and K-K/GVM-GReOb/11 and K-P/GVM-ClD 1/11 and K-P/GVM-ClD 2/11
Continuous assessment:
No formal interim evaluation during semester. Evaluation of practical skills and discussion is preferred.
Conditions for completion of course:
Only healthy non-pregnant students may attend the practical lessons. Credit will be granted only if the presence at the lectures and practical lessons complied with the Organisation and Study Schedule Guidelines of the UVMP in Košice.
Final assessment:
Open questions test at the end of the whole course (i.e. after the Summer Semester).
LANGUAGE, WHICH KNOWLEDGE IS NEEDED TO PASS THE COURSE
  english   
NOTES
Environment of slaughterhouse where practical lessons are taught is demanding specific protective clothes and tools.
 
Evaluation of the course
Total number of evaluated students: 193
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Date of last modification: 05.06.2017
Approved by: Tutot Dr. h. c. Prof. MVDr. Jana Mojžišová, PhD.
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