Beverage Safety

VM 834 Current Issues in Food Safety

Beverage Safety

Semester: Spring, Summer

Course description: An overview of beverage food safety including coffee, bottled water, juice, fermented beverages and specialty beverages.

Objective: Develop an understanding of beverage production and food safety challenges in multiple beverage production systems.

Topics include:

  • Coffee/food safety risks
  • Coffee processing
  • Ochratoxin A
  • Coffee/FSMA HACCP
  • Coffee Retail Food Safety
  • Juice Food Safety Risks
  • Juice HACCP
  • History of beer
  • Microbiology of the brewery/winery
  • Malting
  • Beer spoilers
  • Beer QA
  • History of Bottled water
  • Hydrogeology of water
  • Categories of Bottled Water
  • Bottled water processing/disinfection
  • Bottled water micro and chemical concerns
  • Specialty drink concerns
  • Baby formula food safety concerns

Course Materials

All materials will be made available in the D2L course. Lectures will be provided by industry professionals. There is no textbook requirement - readings will be assigned from regulatory, industry, and research sources.

1 Credits