- Food Hygiene
- Environmental Hygiene
- Meat Inspection and Slaughterhouse Hygiene
- Toxicology
- Food and Environmental Virology
- Environmental Health and Food Safety Control
- Finnish Centre of Excellence in Microbial Food Safety Research
- ABS Graduate School
- Food Poisoning Program
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The Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health
The Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health carries out research of an internationally high standard. The Centre of Excellence in Microbial Food Safety Research (MiFoSa) is acting at the Department together with the Department of Veterinary Biosciences. Mifosa belongs to the national programme for Centres of Excellence in Research for the years 2008-2013, designated by the Academy of Finland.
Research and studies in the subject comprehensively cover the diseases caused by microbes and toxins spread to people via foods and the environment. The teaching provided by the Department is based on the teaching of the Department of Veterinary Biosciences and clinical departments.
The Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health studies and teaches:
- food hygiene
- meat inspection and slaghterhouse hygiene
- toxicology
- environmental hygiene
- environmental and food virology and
- environmental health and food safety control
Research carried out by the research groups of the Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health was evaluated and rated outstanding
Research carried out by the research groups of the Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health was evaluated and rated outstanding in the international evaluation of research and doctoral training at the University of Helsinki 2005–2010.
A study by DVM Annukka Markkula was published in valued Environmental Microbiology journal
A recent study by DVM Annukka Markkula and colleagues showed that three DEAD-box RNA helicases are needed for cold-temperature growth of Listeria monocytogenes.
Academy of Finland granted funding for the project 'The Pathogenic Mechanisms of Clostridium botulinum type E '
Academy of Finland granted funding
240 000€ for the research project 'The Pathogenic Mechanisms of Clostridium botulinum type E '. The project leader is DVM, PhD, Professor Miia Lindström from the Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health
The first book on the AH receptor: The AH Receptor in Biology and Toxicology
A new book on the aryl hydrocarbon (AH) receptor has recently been published; The AH Receptor in Biology and Toxicology. Professor of Toxicology, Raimo Pohjanvirta, from the Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, is the editor of the book.