4. Quality control of frozen desserts

4.1 Visual checks

Although simple and rapid, these checks are systematic and cover all stages of the process. This begins with the quality of truck transport systems and deliveries of the various raw materials, and the conformity of the goods received with those ordered, in terms of labelling, such as product name, batch number, net weight and volume, use-by date, etc. Once unpacked, the goods are observed to detect any visual anomalies, such as abnormal color, agglomeration of a powdered ingredient, and so on. Once packaged, the frozen dessert undergoes a visual inspection, in terms of cleanliness and suitability of packaging for the packaged product, fill volume, presence of markings, quality of heat sealing and lid clipping, as well as compliance with durability and traceability...