College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Distance Education....Fall 2008

Foodborne Toxicants
FS HN 529X
Credit Hours 2 graduate credits
Dates August 25 - December 19, 2008
Registration Deadline August 1 , 2008
Off-Campus Program Food Safety & Defense Graduate Certificate
Instructor: Suzanne Hendrich
E-mail: shendric@iastate.edu
Phone: 515-294-4272
FAX: 515-294-6193
Course Audio Clip
Course Syllabus
Tuition/Fees

Section XF & XH: $830

Section XW: $718

Other fees that will be assessed

Prerequisites A course in biochemistry
Course Description Application of toxicological principles to major classes of foodborne toxicants (metals, organics, food additives, nutrients, and naturally occurring toxins), toxicant metabolism and detoxification strategies, mechanisms of toxicity, design of HACCP plans for foodborne toxicants, risk assessment, and regulatory toxicology of food toxicants.

Course Website

http://www.celt.iastate.edu/webct/
** Access to the website may be restricted to registred students or not available until the start of the course.

Delivery Format Web
Technology Requirements Email - Computer/Software Requirements
Text

S.T. Omaye. 2004. Food and Nutritional Toxicology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press LLC. ISBN: 1587160714.

Also available online in PDF format, http://www.foodnetbase.com/books/1322/tx714_fm.pdf

Students must contact Carrie Brus to register for this course, email is the preferred method of contact, cbrus@iastate.edu. Please specify whether or not this course will be applying to a graduate program of study or if you are interested in this course as part of the Food Safety & Defense Graduate Certificate.

Brenton Center for Agricultural Instruction & Technology Transfer, 004 Curtiss Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011.
Voice: 515-294-1862 / FAX: 515-294-1924.
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