Raw Materials And Deliveries

• temperature
• expiration date
• package and label integrity
• organoleptic characteristics
• signs of infection (insects, foreign bodies etc)
• appropriate transport equipment

certificates, laboratory tests

Also, it is vital to have adequate, trained personnel, apply the specifications for raw materials (accepting – rejecting criteria, corrective actions), inspect the raw materials received (priority given to  perishable products).
In perishable raw materials, the microbiological quality of the raw materials play an important role and has to be controlled. The water content of many raw food materials has the biggest influence on its storability.

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