HSN309 - Food Policy and Regulation
Unit details
| Year: | 2021 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Unit delivery will continue to be provided in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. This may include a mix of on-campus and online activities. To find out how you are impacted, please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Unit sites open one week prior to the start of each Trimester/Semester. Thank you for your flexibility and commitment to studying with Deakin in 2021. Last updated: 4 June 2021 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Phillip Baker |
| Prerequisite: | HSN101 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | 1 x 2 hour class per week, 8 x 1 hour seminars per trimester |
Content
This unit is designed to provide students with an understanding of how food policy and regulation affects the different components of the food system, including food production, processing, marketing, consumption and nutritional health. Food policy is critically important for public health due to its role in food security and sustainability, healthy eating and obesity prevention. The unit also examines food regulation. Food regulation is used by governments to protect the public against potential risks associated with developments in the food system and is also a particularly powerful policy tool for promoting public health benefits by determining the composition and labelling of food products. Case studies including food fortification and food labelling, food security and sustainability and obesity prevention will be reviewed.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Explain what food policy and regulation are and why they are important. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Explain the role of food regulation both in protecting public health and safety in the setting of food standards and in promoting public health as a policy instrument. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Analyse food products for compliance with the food standards code. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Prepare a written submission relating to a topical food regulation issue. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Discuss and critique advantages and disadvantages of a range of policy approaches to food and nutrition related problems, as part of the development of a Policy Brief. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Cloud (online) quizzes and reflection | 4 quizzes | 20% |
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| Assessment 2: Written assignment | 2,000 words | 50% |
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| Assessment 3: Written assignment | 1,500 words | 30% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSN309 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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