FDSC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Horse Meat, Isopropyl Alcohol, Margarine
28 Mar 2018
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Thursday, november 10th: the rational for adding food additives in foods: Such as dog, rat, guinea pig, rabbit, etc: short term vs long term studies, short term: The animals are observed for the following: general appearance + behavior feed intake, growth rate, body weight (gain or loss, organ function (an initial test is done and then subsequent tests are done, long term: Studies are performed in the parent and offspring so they are referred to as reproductive studies. Offspring is evaluated for: litter size total development: new born weight, growth rate, still births, survival data on a daily, weekly, monthly basis. Thursday, november 10th: manufacturers generally abide by the guidelines but our own eating habits may cause us to over consume certain compounds. 60kg person 90mg sulfites safety: principle of deception: Adding melamine to milk (because it behaves like protein) Some less expensive oils blended with the expensive ones (soy oils to olive oil)
