Food Quality Testing and Evaluation

Food Quality Testing and Evaluation

1 Definition and Importance of Quality

  1. Definition of Food Quality
  2. Food Quality Attributes
  3. Quality Specifications for the Consumer
  4. Food Borne Hazards/Food Poisoning
  5. Functions of Quality Control

2 Quality Standardization

  1. National Food Control Systems
  2. National Food Legislations
  3. PFA Act, 1954
  4. Food Regulations for International Organizations

3 Food Safety Management

  1. Food Safety
  2. Food Safety Programmes
  3. Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
  4. Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System
  5. International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
  6. Total Quality Management (TQM)

4 Testing and Evaluation – Physical Methods

  1. Colour
  2. Viscosity and Consistency
  3. Texture

5 Testing and Evaluation – Chemical and Microbiological

  1. Chemical Analysis of Foods
  2. Crude Fat or Ether Extractives
  3. Protein Estimation
  4. Pectin Estimation
  5. Estimation of Tannins
  6. Bacteriological Examination of Water
  7. Plate Count
  8. Coliform Count
  9. Faecal Streptococci Test
  10. Assessment of Surface Sanitation
  11. Microbiological Examination of Food Spoilage

6 Sensoryanalysis of Foods

  1. Introduction
  2. Application
  3. Conducting Sensory Tests
  4. Factors Causing Bias in Sensory Tests
  5. Physical Set Up for Conducting Sensory Test
  6. Sensory Test Methods
  7. Analytical Tests
  8. Affective Test
  9. Sensory Test and Instrumental Measures

7 Analytical Instrumentation – Analytical Balance, pH Meter & Chromatography

  1. Measurement of Mass
  2. Analytical Balances
  3. Mechanical Single Pan Balance
  4. Electronic Analytical Balance
  5. pH Measurement – pH Meter
  6. Chromatography
  7. Classification of Chromatographic Methods
  8. General Principles of Chromatography
  9. Paper Chromatography
  10. Thin Layer Chromatography
  11. Column Chromatography
  12. High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  13. Gas Chromatography

8 Analytical Instrumentation based on Electromagnetic Radiation

  1. Properties of Electromagnetic Radiation
  2. Spectroscopy
  3. Absorption of Radiation
  4. Atomic Spectroscopy
  5. Refractometry
  6. Polarimetry
  7. Spectrophotometers
  8. Monochromators
  9. Hollow-Cathode Lamp