Month: July 2020

Distortion (side wall collapses) of a container caused by the development of a reduced pressure (too high vacuum) inside the container.  

A group of people (observers, subjects, judges, panelists) comprising a test population which has been specially selected or designated in some manner, e.g., they may be trained, or have special knowledge of skills, or may merely be available and predesignated. A group of research subjects followed during a longitudinal study. A group of individuals, given…

The forming of a pallet load.  

A low, portable platform of wood, metal, fiberboard, or combination thereof, to facilitate handling, storage and transportation of materials as a unit.  

A psychometric or psychophysical method in which samples are presented in pairs for comparison, on the basis of some definite criterion, such as preference, intensity, degree of a defined quality.  

Agreeable to the taste; savory; hence acceptable or pleasing.  

The liquid or other medium in which the low acid or acidified products are packed.  

Date of manufacturing, processing or packaging.  

Placing food in containers (metal, glass, plastic) suitable for distribution and protection from bacterial contamination, moisture loss, oxidative deterioration.  

A type of attribute control chart that helps to monitor or control the percent of fraction defective pieces in a production run.