Department of Food Hygiene and Aquaculture

This department has different educational branches such as Food Microbiology, Food Chemistry, Milk Hygiene and Technology, Meat Hygiene and Inspection, Food Hygiene and Quality Control, Food Industry of Animal Origin, and Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Diseases. All the teaching and research activities of the Department of Food Hygiene and Aquaculture are carried out in well-equipped, advanced and independent laboratories. In addition to carrying out teaching and research services, the various branches of the Department of Food Hygiene & Aquaculture provide services for the faculty’s clinic and other public and private institutions involved in food production and quality control.
The department has established the PhD program for Food Hygiene since 2011 and the Master’s program for Food Hygiene and Quality Control since 2014.
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Head of the Department of Food Hygiene & Aquaculture
Davar_Shahsavani
Davar Shahsavani
Professor
Department of Food Hygiene & Aquaculture
shahsavani@um.ac.ir
+9838805624


Concentration areas offered by the Department of Food Hygiene and Aquaculture
Areas Bachelor's Master's Ph.D
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Food Hygiene and Quality Control  - - correct_mark

Academic staff

Abdollah Jamshidi
Professor
Saeid Khanzadi
Associate Professor
Mohammad Mohsenzadeh
Associate Professor
Mohammadreza Rezaeigolestani
Assistant Professor
Amir Salari
Assistant Professor
Davar Shahsavani
Professor

Research

Recent journal articles

Yazdani, M., Mohsenzadeh, M., & Rezaeigolestani, M. (2025). Who Are More Competent in Food Safety: Veterinary Medicine or Food Hygiene Students?. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, (), -.
Khanzadeh Mahmudabadi, S., Shahsavani, D., & Safari, O. (2025). Synergistic effects of synbiotic and hydrolyzed yeast extract in the diet on growth performance, hemato-immunological responses, and digestive enzyme activities of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) fry. Aquaculture International, 33 (3), -.
Ahmadniaye Motlagh, H., Shahsavani, D., Nourani, H., Javadmanesh, A., & Sarkheil, M. (2025). Growth performance, blood biochemistry, gene expression, gonad histology, and sexual parameters in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) fed diets supplemented with Tribulus terrestris extract. Aquaculture International, 33 (5), -.
Al-iessa, H., Rezaeigolestani, M., Shahsavani, D., & Baghishani, H. (2025). Pomegranate Peel Extract Powder: Mitigating Cadmium Accumulation and Oxidative Damage in Common Carp Fillets. Journal of Nutrition, Fasting and Health, (), -.
Ghadiri, Z., & Rezaeigolestani, M. (2025). Exploring Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in Iran (2000-2023): Trends, Pathogens, and the Impact of Animal-Origin Foods. Journal of Human Environment and Health Promotion, 11 (4), 201-207.
Khanzadi, S. (2025). Health Risk Assessment of Exposure to Heavy Metals in Wheat Flour from Iran Markets: Application of Monte Carlo Simulation Approach. Biological Trace Element Research, 203 (4), 2284-2294.
Salari, A. (2025). Shelf-life extension of green tiger prawn (Penaeus semisulcatus) using chitosan coating incorporated with jujube extract, cinnamon essential oil and thymoquinone during cold storage. LWT- Food Science and Technology, 230 (), 118252-.
Shahsavani, D., Sarkheil, M., & Nourani, H. (2025). Effects of Dietary Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on Growth Performance, Plasma Biochemistry, and Histopathological Changes of Cyprinus Carpio Koi Fish Exposed to Florfenicol Antibiotic. Aquaculture Research, 2025 (1), -.
Asefi, H., Mohsenzadeh, M., Maleki, M. (2025). The antimicrobial effect of edible alginate-gelatin coating containing emulsion and nanoemulsion of dill (Anethum graveolens) essential oil against Listeria monocytogenes inoculated into turkey meat. , 22 (163), 121-136.
Maleki, M., & Mohsenzadeh, M. (2025). Nanophytosome-functionalized active packaging films for preservation of refrigerated rainbow trout. Food Chemistry: X, 29 (), 102708-102719.
Karimkhani, M., Mohsenzadeh, M., Merrikhi Ardebili, E., Jamshidi, A. (2025). Bio-based active films incorporating Satureja hortensis essential oil/Gundelia tournefortii extracts: An eco-friendly packaging alternative for Fourfinger threadfin. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 10 (10), 100880-100896.
Salavati Hamedani, M., Rezaeigolestani, M., & Mohsenzadeh, M. (2025). Development and characterization of active chitosan/olibanum packaging films with lavender nanoemulsion and TiO₂ for silver carp preservation. Scientific Reports, 15 (1), -.

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Recent research projects


Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Department of Food Hygiene and Aquaculture

Phone: +985138805624