Department of Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety

Obrisani Korisnik — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:54:29 GMT

Head of Department

Professor Irena Keser, PhD

Phone: + 385 1 4605 093
Email: irena.keser@pbf.unizg.hr

Department Secretary

Renata Bošnir

Phone: + 385 1 4605 071

Location: 4th floor

About the Department

The Department's laboratory activities have continued since 1956, evolving from quality control in the food industry to its current modern organisation. Today, the Department is a recognised centre for research in food quality and safety, food chemistry, and nutrition science, with an emphasis on improving public health and industrial standards.

Teaching Activities

Department staff conduct teaching at all three levels of university study within the following programmes:

Undergraduate study programmes: Nutrition and Food Technology
Graduate study programmes: Nutrition, Food Safety Management, and Food Engineering
Postgraduate doctoral studies and various specialist study programmes

Scientific and Professional Activities

The Department's scientific activity is focused on interdisciplinary research:

Food quality and safety; food chemistry and biochemistry
Diet therapy and advanced nutrition science
Implementation of national and international scientific projects and research

In addition to teaching and scientific activities, the Department has developed and maintains ongoing professional cooperation with numerous food industries and institutions both domestically and internationally, thereby ensuring the transfer of knowledge into practice.

Laboratory for Food Safety and Quality Laboratory for Diet Therapy, Food Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory for Nutrition Science

Department of Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety

Obrisani Korisnik — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:24:21 GMT

Head of Department
Professor Irena Keser, PhD
Phone: + 385 1 4605 093
Email: ikeser@pbf.hr
Email: irena.keser@pbf.unizg.hr

Location: 4th floor

The Department's laboratory activities have been ongoing since 1956 through the Laboratory for Quality Control in the Food Industry and the Laboratory for Food Chemistry and Nutrition, from which two separate laboratories were established in 2009: the Laboratory for Food Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Laboratory for Nutrition Science. Department staff teach at all three levels of university study within the undergraduate programmes in Nutrition and Food Technology, the graduate programmes in Nutrition, Food Safety Management and Food Engineering, as well as postgraduate doctoral and specialist programmes. The Department's scientific activity is conducted through national and international scientific projects and research in the fields of food quality and safety, food chemistry, diet therapy and nutrition science. In addition to teaching and scientific activities, the Department has developed and maintains continuous professional cooperation with numerous food industries and institutions both domestically and internationally.

Subdepartmental units:

Laboratory for Quality Control in the Food Industry

Laboratory for Food Chemistry and Biochemistry

Laboratory for Nutrition Science

- Department of Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety

Department of Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety

About the Department

Teaching Activities

Scientific and Professional Activities

Department of Nutrition, Food Quality and Safety