Quality Assurance in Seafood Processing: A Practical Guide - Hardcover

Bonnell, A. David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0442008791 ISBN 13: 9780442008796

Publisher: Springer, 1994

Synopsis

While there are many quality assurance books on the market, very few address the application of the concept to the seafood industry. In addition, many of the books that are available take a theoretical approach and there­ fore do not provide actual examples of the "fins and bones" of quality programs. The author, in teaching quality assurance over nine years, has not been able to find a textbook that is suitable as a reference text in quality assurance courses for the seafood industry. It is this situation that has prompted the preparation of this book, which takes a practical approach to the subject of quality assurance in seafood processing operations. This book can serve as either a textbook or as a reference text. As a textbook it is written for students of quality assurance at the technician, technologist, and university levels. In this role it is intended that the student will start at the beginning of the book and proceed through in sequence, so as to gain a complete understanding of the design, implementation, and operation of a quality program in seafood processing operations. It is the hope of the author that the book also functions quite well as a desk reference for the managers of seafood processing operations who need to refer occa­ sionally to particular items or chapters. In this sense, each chapter is designed to stand alone as a discussion of a particular concept within the quality assurance discipline.

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Review

`This book is designed for both the student and the practitioner, and is presented in straight forward language to give a handy and effective guide and textbook.'
Food Trade Review

Synopsis

This is a "how-to" manual for the design and operation of quality assurance programmes that are effective, practical and profitable. Using state-of-the art quality strategy and test techniques such as the application of HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) to seafood operations, this book provides sample inspection and test plans that are specifically tailored to seafood processing. All the important concepts of quality assurance are covered: process control, statistical quality control, management information systems, and more. Recommendations for quality programmes are bolstered with practical examples throughout the book. The book emphasizes profitability by introducing quality cost accounting, a practical tool for measuring and adjusting the impact of the quality assurance programme. With coverage ranging from initial organization to statistical quality control and programe implementation, this is an essential quality operations guide for all seafood processing managers. This book should be of interest to workers in process control and quality control in the seafood industry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0442008791
• ISBN 13: 9780442008796
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 221