2023_24
Educational guide 
School of Chemical Engineering
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english 
Bachelor's Degree in Food Bioprocess Technology (2018)
 Subjects
  QUALITY SYSTEMS IN BIOPROCESSES
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
BLOCK 1: ASPECTS RELATED TO PRODUCT QUALITY SUBJECT 1: THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT
- Definitions related to product quality:

o Food regulations and legislation
o Product identification: CAE
o Quality criteria according to legislation
o Specifications of raw materials, intermediate products, finished products, product quality plans
o Differences between: quality control, quality advice, quality management

SUBJECT 2: THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT. PROTECTION OF THE GENUINENESS AND QUALITY OF FOOD PRODUCTS
- Quality designations, quality brands

SUBJECT 3: TESTING AND CALIBRATION LABORATORIES
- The technical capacity of the food laboratory that must carry out the organoleptic tests (tasting panels), microbiological tests of raw materials, physicochemical parameters of the finished product
- Quality control of laboratory results
- Measurement and test equipment
- The test procedures, registration of primary data and test reports

BLOCK 2: PREVENTION MANAGEMENT SUBJECT 4: TRACABILITY
- Implementation of traceability in the company
- Forward, backward and process traceability
- Data requirements of a productive process of obtaining a product
- Applicable legislation

SUBJECT 5: FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: HACCP
- Introduction to the health register of the food industry
- Implementation of a HACCP system in the food industry: principles of the system, steps to follow, decision tree
- Identification of the specific prerequisites for this type of industry
- Identification of the specific risks of this type of industry
- Preventive measures
- PCCs
- HACCP plan

SUBJECT 6: FOOD SAFETY IN THE FACE OF A BIOLOGICAL PANDEMIC
- Definition of best practices in the management of a pandemic, transmission methods and cleaning and disinfection protocols

o Prevention (of personnel, of visits, cross-contamination) and contingencies (possible absences of personnel, supply or essential services for the operation of the company)
BLOCK 3: QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SUBJECT 7: QUALITY MANAGEMENT: UNE-EN-ISO 9000 STANDARDS
- ISO 9001:2018. Requirements of the quality management system in the problem industry

o Quality Manual
o Map of processes and their interactions
o Identification of the flowcharts of each process of the company
o Procedures and other documents
o Own quality records
o Tools for measurement, analysis and improvement. The indicators: INTERNAL AUDIT

SUBJECT 8: COMBINATION OF HACCP SYSTEMS AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
- Similarities and differences
- Use of the quality management system to manage HACCP

SUBJECT 9: SPECIFIC QUALITY PROTOCOLS FOR THE FOOD SECTOR
- Identification of the specific requirements of each of the following standards: BRC, IFS, ISO 22000
- Development of the Food Defense and Food Fraud plans required for the IFS standard

SUBJECT 10: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
- Background, concept and objectives
- The 14001:2018 in the type industry: identification of the procedures and processes to be documented
- EMAS regulation
- Integration of quality, environment and food safety systems