Food Science and Technology

Food & Nutritional Immunology

Nutritional Immunology is a field of scientific study that endeavours to understand how diet and nutrition influence the human immune system and its responses. For decades, people have known that the better they eat, the healthier they are. The science of Nutritional Immunology considers individual foods on a molecular level, and how they affect human health on a cellular level. Nutrition plays a fundamental role in the maintenance of health and the treatment of disease.

Food industry deals with highly sensitive products. This being the primary reason, maintaining quality standards and adhering to quality requirements are imperative for players in the food industry. Food quality is the quality characteristics of food that is acceptable to consumers. This includes external factors as appearance, texture, and flavour; factors such as federal grade standards and internal. Quality control (QC) is a reactive process and aims to identify and rectify the defects in finished products.