The student will know the main pillars of the European Policy in food safety and traceability with particular regard to the animal food products. At the end of the course, each student will be able to describe the main animal food production chain and the related aspects of food quality, safety, and traceability. Relevant notions will be understood about the analytical methods used for the evaluation of microbiological and chemical/biochemical parameters describing the total quality level of animal produces and the ones used for certifying the traceability related to the origin and/or process of an animal food product.