Food Processing and
Packaging
Bernie S. Bayogos, PhD
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students should be able
to:
1.Discuss preservation by fermentation, concentration,
drying and dehydration and by chemical agents,
Production of a range of foods using these
manufacturing techniques and processes.
2.Explain the shelf life and nutritional consequences of
preservation, principles of flexible and rigid packaging
of foods.
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the students should be able
to:
1.Explain the Reuse, disposability, and printing of
packaging, labelling techniques and legislative
requirements for labelling food and beverage
products
2.Investigate the packaging types related to use with
various food systems and packaging permeability.
3.Prepare a process product with proper labelling.
Grading System: Students’ performance will be
graded on the basis of the following:
Knowledge (30%)
•Quizzes and Major Exam
Skills (50%)
•Practical Exam, Recitation, Seat Work, Laboratory and research work and Projects
Other Course Requirements:
•Fieldtrips/field surveys/field observations
•Case Study
•Brainstorming
•Oral and Written Report
•Attend seminar-workshop and trainings
Values (20%)
•Attendance and Behavior
Part I - Basic Food Safety
• Introduction to Food Safety
• Food Hazard
• Illness from Food
• High-Risk Food
• Time and Control Temperature
• Premises and Equipment
• Cleaning and Sanitizing
Part II – Post Harvest, Post Slaughter and Pre-
Processing Operation
• Post harvest of fruits and vegetables
• Handling and storage of Meat
• Handling and Storage of Fish
• Preparing fruits and vegetables for processing
Part III – Preservation by Heat Application/
Processing
• Destruction of Bacteria by Heat
• Factors Affecting Bacterial Destruction
• Heat Application to Preserve Food
• Thermal Process Requirements
• Canning Operation
Part III – Preservation by Heat Application/
Processing
• Canning Equipment
• Processing in wet bath
• Processing in a Pressure canner
• Check seals
• Label and store
• Quarantine
Part IV - Low Temperature Food
Preservation
• Chilling
• Refrigerator Storage
• Freezing
Part V - Dehydration
• Introduction
• Food Drying
• Drying Methods and Equipment
• Dehydration of Fruit juices
• Testing for dryness
• Conditioning/Sweating
• Pasteurization
• Packaging and Storing
Part VI – Concentration and Sugar Preservation
• Introduction
• Sugar preservation
• Jams, jellies and marmalades
• Essential ingredients
Part VI – Concentration and Sugar Preservation
• Equipment and containers
• General direction
• Jams
• Fruit paste candies
Part VII – Salting and Curing
• Curing
• Preservation of fish by salting
• Meat curing
• Cured meat color
• Other optional ingredients in cured meat
• Meat curing methods
• smoking
Part VII – Salting and Curing
• Curing
• Preservation of fish by salting
• Meat curing
• Cured meat color
• Other optional ingredients in cured meat
• Meat curing methods
• smoking
Part VIII – Fermentation and Pickling
• Fermentation
• Fermented fish products
• pickling
Part IX – Food Additives and Preservation
• Preservatives
• Food additives
• Color and flavor additives
• Fat substitutes
• Nutritional additives
• Texture modifiers
Part IX – Food Additives and Preservation
• Controversial food additives
• Antioxidants
• Preservation/Antimicrobials
• The value of food additives
• Chemical preservatives and the hurdle
principle of food preservation
Part X – Food Packaging
• Introduction
• Classification of Packaging
• Required properties for packaging
• Packaging materials
• Active packaging
• Taint and odor
• Labelling