Advances in Food Sampling

Food products are analyzed for a variety of reasons, including to comply with legal and labeling requirements, to assess product quality, to determine nutritive value, to detect adulteration, and for research and development purposes.

All food analysis—and, by extension, all physical quality control—stems from obtaining a portion or sample of a defined food production cycle and using this sample for testing. Sampling is at the heart of quality monitoring. Proper sampling ensures that quality cont…