To convey modern and updated  knowledge in nutrition and safety in foods that provide innovative capacities to be applied in food industries, quality control organisms, and public o private institutions that take care of the consumer’s health. Specifically one expects the graduates to achieve solid and updated knowledge in:

- the quality and composition of food for healthy eating
- the assurance of food safety
- the food evaluation analysis and control
- the prevention of possible risks for the  consumers’ health during the productive and distributive stages of food.
- the development of new products adequate to the new needs of healthy eating.

This Mention addresses students with a professional title of biochemist, agricultural engineer, food engineer, engineer in biotechnology, medical doctor, veterinary, nutritionist, pharmaceutical chemist or an equivalent training.

Graduates’ Profile
The graduate should be able to manage updated knowledge in nutrition healthy eating and food safety which will allow him or her to work in the following areas:

- Technical consultancies in the elaboration, adaptation and interpretation of national and international food norms and regulations.
- Surveillance, prevention and monitoring in the forestry-agricultural and livestock industry.
- Establishing criteria for the control of chemical and biological contaminants in foods.
- Establishing criteria to implement appropriate analytic techniques in the analysis and assurance of food safety.

Syllbus

The Syllabus considers semestral and  quarterly models based on the obligatory and elective subjects.

Asignaturas obligatorias	Nº de Créditos
Bases bioquímicas y fisiológicas de nutrientes	7
Bioestadística	6
Inocuidad biológica de los Alimentos Microbiología de los Alimentos, Prerrequisitos – HACCP	10
Aplicaciones tecnológicas en el análisis y aseguramiento de la Inocuidad de los alimentos	7
Inocuidad química de los Alimentos Toxicología	8
Unidad de Investigación	10
Total	48
Asignaturas Electivas	14
Tesis de Grado o Actividad Formativa Equivalente	48
Total Créditos	110