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Careers in Food Sciences and Technology

Overview: Food science studies the production, preparation, preservation, and properties (particularly nutrition) of foodstuffs using principles of chemistry. It is related to food processing, which involves preservation of fruits, sea food, meats, cooked foods, vegetables, juices and beverages and also the manufacture of confectionary, snacks, foodstuffs  packaging. The main responsibilities of food scientist and technologist are to:; Research for devising new and improved food processing techniques. Guide the processing, conservation and preservation of food stuffs. Improve existing techniques for economizing, processing, adding value, creating new tastes for providing impetus to marketing and consumption of processed foodstuffs. Evolve measures such as infestation control, fungicidal treatment and insecticidal storage to protect foods from spoiling and damage. Examine foodstuffs for contamination, adulteration, food value, etc. by biochemical and nutrition tests and quality control measures. Develop new methods and processes for recovering useful and utilizable by products from industrial and domestic wastes of foodstuffs. Study Route Where to Study: Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Karachi, Karachi    http://www.uok.edu.pk            BSc (hons) in Food Sciences and Technology - 4 years MSc in Food Sciences and Technology Faculty of Crop Production, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam http://www.sau.edu.pk BSc (Hons) in Agriculture (Food Technology and Biotechnology)  - 4 years Faculty of Food Sciences and Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad    http://www.uaf.edu.pk BSc Food Sciences and Technology MSc in Food Sciences and Technology Faculty of Crops and Food Sciences, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi    http://www.uaar.edu.pk BSc (hons) in Agriculture (Food Sciences) - 4 years MSc - 2 years PhD in food Sciences and Technology Faculty of Nutrition Sciences, Department of Food Sciences, NWFP University of Agriculture, Peshawar http://www.aup.edu.pk BSc (hons) in Agriculture 4 years Prospects: Food technologists work in industries manufacturing mostly all kinds of foodstuff. They work for quality control in the manufacturing sector, supervising the production process. The manufacturing industries use their expertise in monitoring the storage, processing, hygiene, temperatures and experimenting for making new preparations. Food technologists also work in hotels, hospitals, packaging industries, distilleries, soft drink factories, spice manufacturing factories. Graduates of food science and technology can work as; Food Engineer Food Scientist Food Technologist Production Manager Food Chemist Food Analyst Go to Back / Go to Next / Go to Main