Download or read book Total Quality Assurance for the Food Industries written by Wilbur A. Gould and published by Woodhead Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilbur (retired--food processing and technology, Ohio State U.) and Ronald, a quality control technologist for a large grain company, first set out the basic principles of total quality assurance that managers and employees must follow to operate a food firm successfully. Then they describe the various attributes and characteristics of food product quality and quality evaluation methods, with examples for evaluating a wide array of food products. No dates are noted for the earlier editions; the third incorporates changes in the industry and in the thinking and practice of quality assurance. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.