Quality Control for Food and Agricultural Products

"Quality Control for Foods and Agricultural Products" is a single, complete, and practical reference to the wide variety of techniques for quality control in the production of food products. The book may also serve as a guidebook to other industries that are initiating or reviewing their quality control procedures.

This title provides an overview of the tools available for quality control in the food industry. Among the quality control measures discused are practical methodology, sampling methods, measurement devices, sensors, computer analysis, data interpretation, reference materials, and standardization. "Quality Control for Foods and Agricultural Products" allows the reader to compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages associated with a particular quality control method. Armed with this knowledge, the best possible quality control method may be chosen for a given product.Beim ersten Werk der vierbändigen Reihe 'Quality Control for Foods and Agricultural Products', ist der Gesamtherausgeber J.-L. Multon gleichzeitig Autor. Sein Band vermittelt in einer kompakten Übersicht die Methoden, die zur Qualitätskontrolle in der Lebensmittelindustrie herangezogen werden (Metrologie, Analyseproben, statistische Methoden, Computeranalyse). Außerdem werden diverse Meßinstrumente und Sensoren ausführlich beschrieben. Der Band stellt wichtige Informationen zur Interpretation der Ergebnisse zusammen und auch zur Normung wird Stellung genommen. Die Reihe soll vor allem Lebensmittelfirmen und Forschungsanstalten helfen, sich in kompakter Form über die zahlreichen Techniken der Qualitätskontrolle in der
Lebensmittelproduktion schnell informieren zu können.

Weitere Bände der Reihe: LINDEN 'Analytical Techniques for Foods and Agricultural Products', BOURGEOIS/LEVEAU 'Microbiological Control for Foods and Agricultural Products' und MULTON 'Analysis of Food Constituents'. Partial table of contents:

General Principles of Practical Metrology.

Reliability and Maintenance of Measurement Devices.

Deontology in the Choice and Use of Methods with the Objective of Obtaining Efficient Control.

Automation of Analysis Methods and of Controls in Laboratory and the Plant.

The Statistical Interpretation of the Results of the Analysis Circuits.

Quality Control and Management.

Appendices.

J.-L. Multon is the editor of Quality Control for Food and Agricultural Products, published by Wiley.