Food of Animal Origin
Report (10 credits)
You are asked to produce a report on a selected food of animal origin. The
aim of the report is to present key information as clearly and effectively as
possible. Follow the instructions carefully:
• Choose a food of animal origin (e.g. free range pork in the UK, Asian
tilapia aquaculture, duck egg production, yak milk,…etc).
• Start the report with a brief introduction to explain your choice of topic.
Where and why is it important? How is this product important in food
security?
• Choose 3 of the 5 subjects from the Food of Animal Origin course
(genetics, welfare, nutrition, health, processing) and explain how they
contribute to food production for your topic, e.g. how has breeding
increased goat milk production? How does pig welfare increase or limit
free range pork production? Use a separate sub-heading for each of the 3
aspects.
• Refer to scientific data and articles and include critical discussion.
• Use a combination of text, tables and illustrations to provide information.
Try to make your own tables and graphics, but if you use a table or
illustration from a published source you must acknowledge the origin.
• Figures and Tables should be numbered (Figure 1, Table 1, etc), have a
title, a brief explanatory legend and acknowledge the source of
information.
• References in the text should be given as e.g. Wang (2017); Wang and
Zhang (2018) or Wang et al. (2019). Include a reference list for articles
and other sources of information. Use the following format: Authors with
initials. (Date). Title of article. Journal volume, page numbers. For
example:
Wang, X., Zhang, W. and Gao, L. (2019). A study of goat lactation in
China. Goat Science 29, 321-345.
• Write in 12 pt Arial or Calibri font with 1.5 line spacing. Number the pages.
Include a cover page with the title of the report and your student ID. State
the word count clearly on the cover page.
• Maximum 1500 words (excluding references, figures and tables).
The assessment will be based on several factors:
– Whether the report shows knowledge and understanding of the selected
food product, presents relevant data and includes critical evaluation.
– Whether the required information is given for the Introduction and 3 subheadings.
– Whether the report conveys information as concisely and effectively as
possible.
– The quality and relevance of Tables and Figures.
– Whether the report is formatted correctly and within the word limit
