Food quality

Food quality

Food quality is the quality characteristics of food that is acceptable to consumers. This includes external factors as appearance (size, shape, colour, gloss, and consistency), texture, and flavour; factors such as federal grade standards (e.g. of eggs) and internal (chemical, physical, microbial).

Food quality is an important food manufacturing requirement, because food consumers are susceptible to any form of contamination that may occur during the manufacturing process. Many consumers also rely on manufacturing and processing standards, particularly to know what ingredients are present, due to dietary, nutritional requirements (kosher, halal, vegetarian), or medical conditions (e.g., diabetes, or allergies).

Besides ingredient quality, there are also sanitation requirements. It is important to ensure that the food processing environment is as clean as possible in order to produce the safest possible food for the consumer. A recent example of poor sanitation recently has been the 2006 North American E. coli outbreak involving spinach, an outbreak that is still under investigation.

Food quality also deals with product traceability, e.g. of ingredient and packaging suppliers, should a recall of the product be required. It also deals with labeling issues to ensure there is correct ingredient and nutritional information.

References

*Potter, Norman N. and Joseph H. Hotchkiss (1995). "Food Science." 5th Edition. New York: Chapman & Hall. pp.90-112.

See also

* Business process management
* Food safety
* Quality assurance
* Quality control
* Quality management system
* Validation
* Verification and Validation

External links

* cite web
url=http://www.hyfoma.com/
title=Hyfoma - Food Quality Laws, Standards and legislation
publisher=Hyfoma

* cite web
url=http://www.ehedg.org
title=EHEDG international standard

* cite web
url=http://www.asq.org/fdc
title=American Society of Quality Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Division

* cite web
url=http://www.iftqa.org/
title=Institute of Food Technologists Quality Assurance Division

* cite web
url=http://foodquality.wfp.org/
title=United Nation's World Food Programme Food Quality Control

* cite web
url=http://www.ifsqn.com/forum/index.php
title=Food Quality Discussion Forum


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