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Offerings
MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2023-ONGOING
Enrolment rules
Enrolment in Master of Biosecurity or permission of the Academic Chair.
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Learning outcomes
1.
Identify the key biological, chemical and physical hazards affecting food safety, biosecurity, and trade at global level;
2.
Establish the importance of risk analysis in the context of food safety and biosecurity;
3.
Describe the framework and list the steps of conducting risk analysis;
4.
Conduct a quantitative risk assessment for a food hazard or biosecurity threat;
5.
Interpret the results and critique the reporting of quantitative risk assessment calculations;
6.
Effectively communicate the results of a risk analysis.
Assessments
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Additional information
Unit content:Key concepts and topics include:
- Principles of Hazards associated with Food Chain Safety
- Hazard Management for Food Chain Safety
- Food Safety Risk Analysis Framework
- Review of Probability Theory
- Distributions Choice Applied to Food Safety Risk Assessment
- Monte-Carlo Simulation Process
- Demonstration and Introduction to @Risk Software
- Hands on Practical Use of @Risk
- Online and Free Tools in Microbial and Chemical Food Safety Risk Assessment
- From Data to Evidence in Food Safety Risk Assessment
- Distribution Fitting and Sensitivity Analysis: Application Using @Risk Software
- Import Risk Analysis using Probabilistic Scenario Analysis and Event Tree Models
- Dose-Response Models in Microbial Food Safety
- Risk Ranking Tools of Food Related Hazards
- Good Practices of Risk Assessment Modelling
- Model building from published research examples
- Presenting and Reporting Risk Assessment modelling Results
- Good Risk Communication Practices
Other notes:This unit will be taught externally, online, no on-campus attendance.