Public Health

Code:

MV425

Acronym:

SP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Food Hygiene

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Population Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Masters Degree in Veterinary Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMV	64	Plan 2007 to 2017	4	-	4,5	64	121,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Provide the students with the concepts and fundamentals of Veterinary Public Health (VPH) as this is understood currently in Portugal, in the European Union and at international organizations. In this context include the knowledge framework (political, economic, social) needed to understand the context of the VPH.
Providing them with interpretive keys that enable them to understand and respond to society's expectations to the veterinarians performance in the exercise of their profession.
Address the scientific, technical and legal as well as methodologies adopted to ensure food safety, animal health, the welfare of animals and thereby contribute to the high levels of public health that European citizens rightly expect from the food production systems and the food chain as a whole. Exercising the students in the use of laws and methods for achieving that goal.

Program

Explanation of the program so that each topic, coincides with an hour (50 minutes) of classroom instruction. The sequence of lessons and topics may be subject to change.

1. Presentation of the discipline
2. Introduction to Veterinary Public Health
3. Food Safety - Basics and Guidelines
4. Epidemiology of foodborne diseases
5. Foodborne diseases
6. Factors influencing the metabolism of microorganisms
7. Fundamentals of preventing changes in food
8. Risk Analysis in Food and Animal Health
9. Food saftey objectives and microbiological criteria
10. Prevention and control of safety and quality of food I - HACCP
11. Prevention and control of safety and food quality II - GOOD PRACTICE
12. Traceability
13. Food legislation
14. Legislation for the operator
15. Legislation of official controls
16. Legislation of microbiological criteria and sub-products
17. International organizations and VPH
18. National organizations and VPH
19. Animal welfare - Background and legislation
20. Quality systems, certification, international organizations and European brands
21. Veterinary medicine - Associated Legislation
22. Resistance to antibiotics, Avian Influenza.
23. Rabies, West Nile
24. Salmonella, Campylobacter
25. E.coli, Listeria
26. Echinococose, Cysticercosis

Mandatory literature

S.F. Altekruse, M.L. Cohen, and D.L. Swerdlow; Emerging Foodborne Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
Paul S. Mead, Laurence Slutsker, Vance Dietz, Linda F. McCaig, Joseph S. Bresee, Craig Shapiro, Patricia M. Griffin, and Robert V. Tauxe; Food-Related Illness and Death in the United States, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1999
Robert V. Tauxe; Emerging Foodborne Diseases: An Evolving Public Health Challenge, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 1997
J. Rocourt, G. Moy, K. Vierk and J. Schlundt; The present state of foodborne disease in OECD countries, WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data, 2003. ISBN: 92 4 159109 9
Mossel D. A. A.; Microbiologia de los alimentos. ISBN: 84-200-0561-4
Diane Benford; PRINCIPLES OF RISK ASSESSMENT OF FOOD AND DRINKING WATER RELATED TO HUMAN HEALTH, ILSI Europe, 2001. ISBN: 1-57881-124-4
The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) Annual Report 2008, European Communities, 2009. ISBN: 978-92-79-11202-7
THE COMMUNITY SUMMARY REPORT ON TRENDS AND SOURCES OF ZOONOSES AND ZOONOTIC AGENTS AND FOOD-BORNE OUTBREAKS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION IN 2008, The EFSA Journal (2010), 1496, 2010
Regulamento (CE) nº183/2005, 2005
Regulamento (CE) nº2073/2005, 2005
Regulamento (CE) nº1441/2007, 2007
Regulamento (CE) nº854/2004, 2004
Regulamento (CE) nº853/2004, 2004
Regulamento (CE) nº852/2004, 2004
Regulamento (CE) nº882/2004, 2004
Regulamento (CE) nº178/2002, 2002

Complementary Bibliography

Jean-Louis Cordier; Microbiological criteria – Purpose and limitations, Mitt. Lebensm. Hyg. 95, 28–31, 2004
Martin Cole; Food safety objectives – Concept and current status, Mitt. Lebensm. Hyg. 95, 13–20, 2004
Leon Gorris; Performance objectives and performance criteria – Two sides of the food chain, Mitt. Lebensm. Hyg. 95, 21–27, 2004

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures: oral presentation of issues, analysis of documents and their discussion in the case of legislation.
Practical classes: visits to local establishments and teaching materials appropriate to the discipline, presenting subjects by guest speakers, practical work.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
Preparation of a monography	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	21,50
Written evaluation of theoretical knowledge	Exame	4,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Desk study of the theoretical component	Estudo autónomo	40
	Total:	40,00

Eligibility for exams

1. Two written frequencies, performed individually, lasting 90 minutes each, contribute 50% of the final grade.
2. A monograph prepared throughout the year in groups of four students, contributes 25% of the final grade.
3. The reports of the exercises of practical classes contribute 25% of the final grade. Practical classes take place with groups of six students maximum.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final Results = (0.5 * Grade of the two written frequencies) + (0.25 * Monograph grade) + (0.25* Practical Works Reports grade)

Prerequisites for final approval:
1. Required minimum score of 7 to each written frequency.
2. Mandatory presence of at least 75% of practical classes.
3. Minimum score of 10 in practical work and 10 in the monographs.
4. Obligatory presence in the Fifth Conference on Veterinary Public Health.

Classification improvement

Improvement of note, for those who have approval is possible by providing oral and written final exam.
Students who have not been approved in frequencies, can perform a final exam. Only be admitted to final exam students who have the approval and attendance (more than 10 values) to the practical classes and monographs.

Observations

The bibliography and abstracts of the course are available in PDF on the site.