BIOL 3770
Biology of Food Safety
Winter 2025
Topics
- Food Systems and Food Safety
- Tools: Literature and AI
- Microbiology of Food and Foodborne Pathogens
- Last day to add
- – Epidemiology of Foodborne Diseases and One Health
- Case Study - Listeriosis
- hour Take-Home Mid-Term Exam
- – Available :30 pm to pm
- Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance
- Immunology and Foodborne Disease
- Novel Foods – Regulation and Trends
- Novel Foods – Alternative Proteins and Public Perception
Readings
- Required: Keenleyside, W. (2019). Microbiology: Canadian Edition. Pressbooks. Cost: Free
Fall 2022
Topics
- Food Systems and Health
- Epidemiology
- Literature & ePortfolio Introduction
- Literature – Library Presentation , : last day to add
- from this day onwards
- Foodborne Infections
- Antimicrobial Resistance
Readings
- Recommended: Microbiology – The Human Experience. By Foster et al. Published by Norton. First edition.
- Recommended: Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective. By Denise Anderson; Sarah Salm; Deborah Allen Published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education (International)
- Recommended: Microbiology: Canadian edition. By Wendy Keenleyside. Open Access eBook. Link in myReadings on the D2L course site
- Recommended: 2. Enter your Login/ID (your Lakehead University e-mail username) and your Password/PIN number.
Winter 2021
Topics
- Microbial food safety and foodborne disease
- detection, risk assessment and prevention
- genomic epidemiology
- antimicrobial resistance
- immune responses, food allergies and celiac disease
- gene cloning and genetically modified foods
- novel-food regulation
- diet and chronic disease.
Readings
- Required: Foster et al., Microbiology: The Human Experience, 1st edition (Norton); preliminary edition also accepted. Additional journal articles and books are supplied through library reserves or D2L.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Winter 2025
- Course source ↗
- syllabus ↗Fall 2022
- syllabus ↗Winter 2021
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.; Missed-exam and late-assignment policies are excluded from the reading list; schedule deadlines are excluded from topics.